'You have all these people - Mackie, Downey, Rudd - making jokes and they're hilarious. It echoes in my head about how I want to live my life,' says Evans. I could never be who Captain America is, but it does put a certain responsibility on your back. It's part of the joy and part of the burden,' Evans says.Īdding to that weight is that trait unique to the comics world - fans expect that, in real life, he should embody the virtues of his superhero character.

'He, in passing, reminded me that playing this role has an impact on people. Marvel creator Stan Lee himself has reminded Evans that wearing red, white and blue means he should set an example in real life. This image released by Disney shows Elizabeth Olsen, left, Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan in a scene from Marvel's 'Captain America: Civil War,' opening in theaters nationwide on May 6, 2016.(Disney/Marvel via AP/-) I'd love to see him be more sharp and cynical,' he says of the Captain. He doesn't have that because he puts everyone else before him. In film, you want to see uncertainty and conflict. 'He's a selfless man and any conflict he has, he buries inside. That sort of wise-cracking self-awareness is out of the question for Captain America, a character who embodies values from an era when men were strong and silent.Įvans talks about how his real personality is more like the edgy Human Torch/Johnny Storm he played in Fantastic Four (2005). There is no way that anyone in the Marvel universe is vying for leadership or ownership,' says the actor yesterday, while in Singapore on a Captain America: Civil War publicity tour.įans and critics gush about how the volatility of Falcon (Anthony Mackie), the wit of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) and the sarcasm of Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) are charismatic qualities.

And he says he could not have achieved it without an ensemble of strong supporting players. To say that he is glad to have graduated to Steve Rogers/Captain America is an understatement. 'If you look at my IMDb page, you'll see that I made a decade of s***,' says the 34-year-old, whose name turns up in terrible teen comedies Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and The Perfect Score (2004) on the movie database. Chris Evans does not mince words about his career before he became an A-lister.

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