Chris Evans Competed With 10 Actors to Play Captain America, Including 1 Who Apologized to Marvel After Auditioning

Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe personally confirmed that he was in talks to play Cap during an interview with MTV in 2010.

“[I] actually am going in to meet on Captain America, which is kind of cool,” he admitted at the time. “After Superman, he was kind of my favorite.”

It is not clear how far along he got in the audition process, and he has not played a role in the MCU.