Avengers Star Chris Evans Has A 'Controversial' Hot Take About Captain America: Civil War

Allow me to step out on a ledge and propose that there was something ... divisive ... in the air throughout 2016. On the political side of the equation, both the United States and the UK were busy fighting over a Presidential election and the Brexit referendum, respectively. But even pop culture offered little in the way of escapism. Not one but two major comic book movies decided to channel that combative energy into the superhero space. Warner Bros.' DC franchise explored this to, ah, memorable results with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." So did Marvel, as "Captain America: Civil War" pit Team Cap against Team Iron Man in a showdown that (briefly) tore the Marvel Cinematic Universe apart.

10 years later, "Avengers: Doomsday" star Chris Evans is revisiting this contentious time, although fans may be shocked by what he admits to be a "controversial" hot take about it. For those who haven't revisited the blockbuster in some time, "Civil War" broaches the topic of superhero oversight and whether the Avengers paramilitary group ought to continue operating outside of any government or agency's jurisdiction. While this issue was never really resolved in this film (or any other, for that matter), the freedom-fighting #TeamCap may have just been dealt a major setback.

While appearing on Marvel's official "Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday" podcast (co-hosted by "Ms. Marvel" star Iman Vellani), Evans was asked whether his stance on the fundamental dilemma at the heart of "Civil War" has changed at all. His response? Let's just say Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark would be proud ... and more than a little smug, too. According to Evans:

"As the character, I stand by Team Cap's position. Me personally? I might be Team Iron Man. I know that's probably controversial to say, but you know."

As a great American hero once said: Well, well, well, how the turntables. Hindsight is 20/20, of course, but there's something undeniably amusing about the idea that Captain America himself, Chris Evans, no longer sees things in quite as much of a black-and-white approach as his fan-favorite cinematic counterpart once did. Unfortunately, the star doesn't go into any further detail about how or why he's come to this conclusion over the years in the short video clip recorded for the podcast — to be fair, he's probably somewhat busy saving the world from Doctor Doom and all in the upcoming "Avengers: Doomsday" (yes, even without a finished script).

Still, this quote has had the side effect of opening up one of the most interesting debates in all of the MCU. On one hand, our golden boy Steve Rogers argues in "Civil War" that politicians with agendas couldn't possibly be trusted to send them to the right places for the right reasons. On the other hand, the guilt-ridden Tony Stark provides ample evidence of the chaos, destruction, and death that he and the team collectively (if inadvertently) unleashed by operating however and wherever the heck they wanted.

If you ask me, this is really a no-brainer choice. As much as these superheroes proved their worth time and again, there's definitely troubling aspects about having super-powered vigilantes roaming the world (and the multiverse) and answering to nobody but themselves. As someone who happens to call New York City home, ground zero for countless instances of supervillain-on-superhero crime, I'd like somebody to be responsible for the Avengers. Just maybe not the Department of Damage Control and their ninja enforcers the Hand, thank you very much.