<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1NTQap_0wDyrLe200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1NTQap_0wDyrLe200" width="500" height="500" ></figure>Scott EastwoodScott Eastwood confirmed that he was once in the running to lead the Avengers during a 2018 interview with Insider. “I remember auditioning for Captain America many moons ago. I always thought that was cool. I’m American. That’s awesome,” he recalled. However, there are no hard feelings. “I think Chris Evans did an incredible job of doing it,” he said.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1KJREl_0wDyrLe200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1KJREl_0wDyrLe200" width="500" height="500" ></figure>Wyatt RussellHere comes the first big surprise on the list. Wyatt Russell briefly assumed the title of Captain America in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Of course, his run as the hero was brief as Anthony Mackie took over before the end of the show. However, he also competed with Chris to play the first iteration of the hero. “I think that honestly, the first audition was really more just something to read, to see if I was any good at acting or not,” he shared in 2021. “I don’t think I was ever actually in competition for the role, but it was crazy.”</div></body>

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Scott Eastwood confirmed that he was once in the running to lead the Avengers during a 2018 interview with Insider. “I remember auditioning for Captain America many moons ago. I always thought that was cool. I’m American. That’s awesome,” he recalled. However, there are no hard feelings. “I think Chris Evans did an incredible job of doing it,” he said.