Chris Evans is opening up about his initial thoughts of the Snowpiercer script.
05.09.2023 - 01:07 / justjared.com
Chris Evans was so well cast as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that it seems like the role was meant for him. However, he faced some stiff competition for a chance to play the leader of the Avengers.
The actor brought Steve Rogers to life on the big screen starting in 2011 with Captain America: The First Avenger. He bowed out of the role almost a decade later with Avengers: Endgame.
While he is now synonymous with the part, we did some digging and rounded up 10 other actors who auditioned for the opportunity.
Interestingly, some of them wound up acting alongside Chris in the MCU. Others joined the franchise after he left. Some even had the chance to play roles in mega-successful franchises, and one of them later revealed that they had to apologize to Marvel after their audition!
Scroll through the slideshow to see who else could have played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
Chris Evans is opening up about his initial thoughts of the Snowpiercer script.
Chris Evans weighed in on some viral comments famed director Quentin Tarantino made about the Marvel Cinematic Universe last year.
A new Vanity Fair piece charts the behind-the-scenes work of Marvel casting director Sarah Halley Finn and the castings that might have been. For instance, Daniel Craig was an early candidate to play Thor for Kenneth Branagh‘s 2011 film, as was Charlie Hunman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Joel Kinnaman.
Chris Evans has admitted that he feared accepting the role of Captain America would make him “deeply unhappy”.Speaking to GQ, the actor discussed the initial trepidation he felt when considering whether to accept the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).“The pros were that I’d be able to take care of my family forever,” he said. “The cons were that I would become deeply, deeply unhappy with fame and loss of control.”Evans played the superhero character in a total of seven films in the MCU, starting with 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger and concluding with 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.“I love playing that role,” he continued.
announced his diagnosis last month during his breakfast show on Virgin Radio. At the time, he said the disease was in its early stages and should be “completely treatable”.Evans told his listeners that he would start treatment on Thursday, September 14.The presenter has now confirmed that he has since been given the all-clear.
Chris Evans was so well cast as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that it seems like the role was meant for him. However, he faced some stiff competition for a chance to play the leader of the Avengers.
Next year (depending on when these WGA and SAG strikes get worked out), we’re expected to see Anthony Mackie finally take on the role of Captain America in a Marvel Studios film. Years after he is given the shield in “Avengers: Endgame” and after he accepts the role in “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier,” Mackie is finally ready to fully lead the MCU in “Captain America: Brave New World.” That said, there are still plenty of Marvel fans already anxiously awaiting the return of the previous Captain, Chris Evans.
Chris Evans isn’t planning on returning to the MCU just yet.
Chris Evans is opening up about his career, as well as his personal life.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Chris Evans said in a new GQ profile that he agrees to an extent with Quentin Tarantino’s recent claim that Marvel killed the movie star. The filmmaker said last year that people go to see a Marvel movie because “Captain America is the star or Thor is the star,” and not because they want to see Chris Evans or Chris Hemsworth. Evans somewhat agrees.
The “Scott Pilgrim” crew is all back together, even in the group chat.
Radio DJ Chris Evans has shared an update on his skin cancer treatment and said he's celebrating the removal of a mole on his leg that he dubbed as an 'unwelcome guest'. When the 57-year-old revealed that he had been diagnosed with skin cancer live on air, funs were worried about what this could mean for the star. However, it seems like things are heading in a positive direction as the dad-of-five revealed it was "time to dispatch this unwelcome guest," and showed a picture of a mole on his leg.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director As fate would have it, the decades-old “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” cast email chain was randomly revived by Michael Cera just before Netflix ordered its new “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off” anime series featuring the original film cast in voice roles. Franchise creator Bryan Lee O’Malley revealed the coincidence in a chat with Entertainment Weekly, noting that the long-dormant email chain’s revival was so random that cast member Chris Evans hilariously called out Cera.
The wedding festivities aren’t over for Chris Evans and Alba Baptista!
Netflix’s Pain Hustlers is a largely fictionalized tale of a very real world, and rather eye-opening, business: selling an easy fix for what ails us, even if it leads to addiction and death. Although the names have been changed, the characters invented although inspired for some by actual cases and people, the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article of the same name by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book, “The Hard Sell: Crime And Punishment At An Opioid Start-Up”, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting, if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way into what might be quite a shocking expose of just how far of a grift some in big pharma business and the medical community may go in order to make a buck at the expense of our own well being and health. It has its World Premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival.
wed his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate, at-home ceremony on Saturday surrounded by close friends and family. According to Page Six, Evans, 42, and Baptista, 26, asked the star-studded assembly — which reportedly included Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner — to sign NDAs as well as forfeit their phones before entering the “locked down” event.
Chris Evans is now a married man! The Hollywood heartthrob has tied the knot during an intimate wedding with Alba Baptista. The bride and groom celebrated their union surrounded by their closest friends and family members on Saturday at their home in Boston, Massachusetts, as reported by Page Six.And while many details of their private ceremony have yet to be revealed, as all the guests reportedly had to sign NDAs to avoid media attention, the ceremony was attended by many of the actor’s celebrity friends, including his Marvel co-stars, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, and Jeremy Renner.Guests were also told not to use their phones, which is why photos and videos from the ceremony have not been shared online.
and are married! The wedding took place at the acting power couple's Boston-area home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts on Saturday, September 9, per . Attendees were reportedly asked to sign NDAs and phones were “forfeited” prior to the ceremony. The guest list featured several of Evans's costars from the Marvel universe, including Robert Downey Jr.
All eyes are on Alba Baptista.
Actor Chris Evans has married his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate ceremony at his home in Cape Cod, USA, according to reports. The 42 year old is said to have tied the knot with his 26 year old beau over the weekend - however, privacy was paramount. Guests including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner are reported by Page Six to have been asked to sign an NDA and leave their mobile phones at home.