Chris Evans has shared a photo taken on the set of Deadpool & Wolverine, showing him in costume with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, and film director Shawn Levy.
Evans had a secret cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine, marking his return as Johnny Storm, aka the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch.
It’s been 17 years since he last donned the FF gear.
“Playing Johnny again was a dream come true and he’ll always have a special place in my heart,” Evans wrote on Instagram along with four fire emojis. “Thank you to @vancityreynolds @thehughjackman and @slevydirect for letting me be a part of such an incredible movie! They’re three of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Special thank you to Ryan for making it all happen.”
Long before he became the MCU Captain America, Evans played Johnny Storm in the first live-action Fantastic Four movies, 2005’s Fantastic Four and 2007’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Now, Evans made his return in the Torch role in Deadpool & Wolverine.
“I just had to fly in real quick, do a couple days of filming, and fly out,” Evans told Entertainment Weekly of filming his cameo. “For me, it was pretty easy.”
He added, “Primarily because where we find Johnny, he’s meant to be a little more rundown, so the costume didn’t have to be pristine,” Evans said. “Those first two movies, that’s when Marvel was really still trying to find their footing. So everything had to be very precise and had a lot of meetings, a lot of opinions. This was a little more like, ‘Yeah, we know it. We’ve seen it.’”