--- title: Chris Evans Reacts to Captain America Hydra Agent Twist description: Marvel stunned Captain America fans everywhere Wednesday by revealing the superhero is actually an agent for former Nazi organization Hydra. canonical: https://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T18:55:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:45.430Z og:title: Here's What Chris Evans Thinks of That Shocking 'Captain America' Reveal og:description: "Hydra?!?!?" og:url: https://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b52efb4a7d47f72/6988952a5f570f1a59b211a6/chris-evans-captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Captain America: Civil War" - European Premiere - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's What Chris Evans Thinks of That Shocking 'Captain America' Reveal twitter:description: "Hydra?!?!?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b52efb4a7d47f72/6988952a5f570f1a59b211a6/chris-evans-captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's What Chris Evans Thinks of That Shocking _Captain America_ Reveal  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 26, 2016 6:55 PM UTC  Chris Evans attends the European premiere of 'Captain America: Civil War' at Vue Westfield on April 26, 2016 in London, England. Chris Evans attends the European premiere of 'Captain America: Civil War' at Vue Westfield on April 26, 2016 in London, England.Anthony Harvey/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 26, 2016 6:55 PM UTC After [Marvel](http://time.com/4346257/hyperloop-vibranium/) stunned [Captain America](http://time.com/4315068/captain-america-civil-war-fighting/) fans everywhere Wednesday by revealing the superhero is actually an undercover agent for former Nazi organization Hydra, [Chris Evans](http://time.com/4346498/captain-america-bucky-barnes-boyfriend/) — who plays the patriotic Avenger in the [Marvel Cinematic Universe](http://time.com/4319823/captain-america-civil-war-marvel-movies-next/) — took to Twitter to express his feelings about the news. “Hydra?!?!?,” he tweeted, accompanied by the hashtag #sayitaintso. > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/735696011172012033) **Read More:** [A Marvel Editor Explains How Captain America Was a Hydra Agent All Along](http://time.com/4347224/captain-america-hydra-agent-marvel-tom-brevoort/) The truth about Cap’s loyalty was brought to light in the first issue of the new comic series _Captain America: Steve Rogers_, which was written by Nick Spencer. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/"},"headline":"Here's What Chris Evans Thinks of That Shocking Captain America Reveal","datePublished":"2016-05-26T18:55:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:45.430Z","description":"\"Hydra?!?!?\"","url":"https://time.com/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Chris Evans","Captain America","comic books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b52efb4a7d47f72/6988952a5f570f1a59b211a6/chris-evans-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/blt6b52efb4a7d47f72/6988952a5f570f1a59b211a6/chris-evans-captain-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Captain America: Civil War\" - European Premiere - Arrivals","caption":"Chris Evans attends the European premiere of 'Captain America: Civil War' at Vue Westfield on April 26, 2016 in London, England.","creditText":"Anthony Harvey/Getty Images","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/4349525/chris-evans-captain-america-hydra/","name":"Here's What Chris Evans Thinks of That Shocking Captain America Reveal"}}]}] ```