--- title: Captain America Avengers: Infinity War New Identity description: Despite the fact that Chris Evans will be back in Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America may not be making an appearance. canonical: https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-26T18:28:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:55.701Z og:title: Avengers: Infinity War Hints Captain America Is Gone og:description: Steve Rogers may have a new superhero identity og:url: https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c43391a35acdd5/69888fc4428a9e5caecd24a1/captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: captain-america og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Avengers: Infinity War Hints Captain America Is Gone twitter:description: Steve Rogers may have a new superhero identity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c43391a35acdd5/69888fc4428a9e5caecd24a1/captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Avengers: Infinity War_ Directors Hint at a World Without Captain America  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 26, 2016 6:28 PM UTC  Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War. Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 26, 2016 6:28 PM UTC Despite the fact that [Chris Evans](http://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/) will be back to star in _Avengers: Infinity War_, [Captain America](http://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/) may not be making an appearance. In a recent interview with [_The Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/directors-confirm-captain-america-isnt-captain-america-anymore%5Fus%5F57bc97bfe4b03d51368b23da), the film’s directors, Joe and Anthony Russo, revealed that Cap’s decision to leave his shield behind after defeating Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) at the end of _Civil War_ will have a lasting impact on the [Marvel cinematic universe](http://time.com/4464279/john-krasinksi-chris-hemsworth-captain-america/). “I think him dropping that shield is him letting go of that identity,” Joe said. “\[It’s\] him admitting that certainly the identity of Captain America was in conflict with the very personal choice that he was making.” However, this doesn’t mean that Steve Rogers won’t still be defending the world, he may just be doing it with a different alter ego. Of course, based on the comic books, this new identity would likely be that of the [Nomad](http://time.com/4347224/captain-america-hydra-agent-marvel-tom-brevoort/) — the superhero Steve turns into after becoming disenchanted with the U.S. government. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/"},"headline":"Avengers: Infinity War Directors Hint at a World Without Captain America","datePublished":"2016-08-26T18:28:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:55.701Z","description":"Steve Rogers may have a new superhero identity","url":"https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Marvel","avengers","Captain America","Marvel Cinematic Universe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c43391a35acdd5/69888fc4428a9e5caecd24a1/captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83c43391a35acdd5/69888fc4428a9e5caecd24a1/captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"captain-america","caption":"Chris Evans in Captain America: Civil War.","creditText":"Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/","name":"Avengers: Infinity War Directors Hint at a World Without Captain America"}}]}] ```