Is Tom Brady a Trump supporter? Chris Evans 'really' hopes not

Tom Brady's unclear politics are creating quite the internal dilemma for Chris Evans.

The "Captain America" actor opened up about a variety of topics in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter this week, including whether or not the Massachusetts native would be open to playing Brady in a potential biopic of the record-breaking New England Patriots quarterback.

The actor revealed that Brady's potential support of Trump would give him pause when it came to accepting such a role.

"I don't know. I really hope he's not a Trump supporter," Evans said in an interview that took place before the Patriots won this year's Super Bowl. "I'm just hoping he's one of those guys that maybe supported him and now regrets it. Maybe he thought it was going to be different -- and even that bothers me -- but maybe there's a chance now he just thinks Trump's an absolute dumb sh-t, which he is. If he doesn't, if he's still on that Trump train, I might have to cut ties. It's really tough."

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Evans is one of the most vocal supporters of the Patriots in Hollywood, and he continually cheers on his hometown team on Twitter.

"I think maybe a couple of years ago," he went on. "I might have tried to pull some, like, mental gymnastics to compartmentalize, but I don't know if I can anymore. So I'm just hoping he's woken up."

The actor campaigned for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election and has been an outspoken critic of Trump since he won the presidency. Meanwhile, Brady prompted backlash when a Make America Great Again hat was spotted in his locker back in 2015. At the time, the quarterback said that Patriots owner Robert Kraft must've put it there.

"He sent it to me via R.K.K.,” Brady said of the MAGA hat. “He always gives me a call and different types of motivational speeches at different times. So now that he’s running for president, he sent me a hat, and he gave it to R.K.K. a couple weeks ago. So it found its way to my locker."

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He went on to praise then-presidential nominee on his accomplishments and golf skills.

"I mean it’s pretty amazing what he’s been able to accomplish," Brady said. "He obviously appeals to a lot of people, and he’s a hell of a lot of fun to play golf with."

Later on, when Trump attacked NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem in silent protest against police brutality, Brady made sure to express that he didn't see eye-to-eye with the president.

"I certainly disagree with what he said," Brady said. "I thought it was just divisive. Like I said, I just want to support my teammates."

It's worth noting that Evans' comments about Brady's politics contradict what he said in an interview with USA Today two years ago, in which he said that, "if anyone gets a pass [for supporting Trump], it’s Tom Brady."

"We may have political disagreements. But I don’t want to encourage this landscape of if you disagree with me politically, you’re my enemy; That’s not the case," he said in 2017. "Granted, it’s an easy thing to say as a privileged white male. Because there are plenty of people oppressed and victimized and in jeopardy at this stage. It’s easy for me to say, 'Hey, we can all get along,' and I have to remember that, as well. I’m just going to out of my way to give Tom Brady a pass. He gave me five rings. What am I supposed to do? He gets a pass."