Screen Rant

The Russos claim Captain America COULD lift Mjolnir in Avengers: Age of Ultron. 1 / 8

Cap's ability to lift Mjolnir in the MCU was first teased here with a budge... 2 / 8

And Avengers: Endgame shows that he most certainly can lift the hammer. 3 / 8

Anthony Russo says this was always possible for Cap... 4 / 8

But that he didn't need to prove his worthiness in Age of Ultron. 5 / 8

Many thought he wasn't worthy because he knew Bucky killed Tony's parents. 6 / 8

But it turns out Cap was just trying to not upstage Thor's own abilities in this moment. 7 / 8

Thank goodness we finally got to see him do it in Avengers: Endgame. 8 / 8