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Is Captain America's baby real? Chris Evans' co-star, Hayley Atwell, suggests it could just be a "dream"

Is Marvel punking us with Captain America's baby in the first Avengers: Doomsday teaser? Now we have doubts.

Avengers: Doomsday teaser trailer still of Steve Rogers holding a baby — Image credit: Marvel Studios

News by Trent Cannon, Senior Contributing writer

Published on Mon Jul 27 2026

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The first thing that Marvel Studios showed us from Avengers: Doomsday wasn’t the titular villain or his long-time enemies, the Fantastic Four. No, it was Chris Evans, the MCU’s former Captain America, holding a baby. We all assumed it meant that Steve Rogers finally got the family life he always wanted, but what if it wasn’t real? That seems to be the implication of something that his co-star, Hayley Atwell, said at San Diego Comic-Con.

Shortly after it was confirmed that Hayley Atwell was returning as Peggy Carter in Avengers: Doomsday, Hayley Atwell was, predictably, bombarded by questions from the press. Considering her character would probably be the mother of said baby, it makes sense that she would probably know what was up. Whether she meant to or not, Atwell seemed to imply that Steve Rogers might not be bringing the Big Dad Energy we were expecting to Avengers: Doomsday.

“Whether that is reality or a dream or fantasy or a warning, who knows?” Hayley Atwell said. “But the image of that, the symbolism of that, shows the beating heart of this story is human relationships. The stakes could not be higher when the family is threatened or the family is in danger.”

While Atwell acknowledged that Avengers: Doomsday will certainly be a “visual feast,” it will still have an emotional core that will resonate with fans. “It’s essentially about people loving each other.”

Did Hayley Atwell just drop a minor spoiler for Avengers: Doomsday? Or is this a bold bluff on her part? It is tough to say at this stage, considering so much of Doomsday is still shrouded in mystery – including its villain. Thankfully, we only have a few months left to wait to find out.

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