I truly hope you’re right. Sam Wilson was great as Falcon but not as Captain America. Not sure if it’s the writing or the actors but, Evans’s Cap was humble and kind. The Mackie version is arrogant and brash. Complete opposites. The Mackie version doesn’t have a tenth of the heart that the Evans version did. And as I recall, the whole reason Steve Rogers was chosen for the project, was his heart. We still need “an old-fashioned hero”.

I believe Chris Evans was every bit as important to the original building of the MCU. I know Downey generally gets more credit but, the Captain America character, especially how Evans played it, was what truly grounded the group of heros throughout the entire arc of the Avengers. The unfortunate part about the MCU vs the comics is that the real life actors have a shelf life. As much as we love all the Avengers and the actors who played them, they’re all getting too old, especially Downey, to be believable in the roles. In the comics, some of the heros end up being played by different people but in the MCU, that’s not so easy. We’re seeing that with the new Captain America. I for one simply can’t watch anyone other than Chris Evans playing the character. Especially not someone who doesn’t have super powers. Watching Sam Wilson dispatch a dozen bad guys like he’s got super powers is insulting to the audience.

personally, I’d be fine with Marvel using AI generated versions of the original actors rather than what they intend to do.

I’m not expecting too much with this movie. Not loving the casting, and the fact that it’s taken so long to hit theaters generally means rewrites and reshoots were needed due to poor early reviews. Unfortunately, Marvel hasn’t been doing very good for quite awhile, and I’m not sure this is going to help or hurt. Time will tell.