CAPTAIN AMERICA: Chris "Nice Guy" Evans Takes Time out from Shooting CATFA to Answer a Fan

CAPTAIN AMERICA: Chris "Nice Guy" Evans Takes Time out from Shooting CATFA to Answer a Fan

Here's a heart-warming "slice of life" story about what a nice guy Chris Evans is. A true Captain America type...

By ComicBookMovie - Oct 03, 2010 10:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: Chris-EvansV.net Forum

This was taken from Chris-EvansV.net Forum...

My little boy David loves watching the Fantastic Four films, he especially loves Chris Evans and spends a lot of time playing at being Johnny Storm. I have to play the baddie and he defeats me. He’s got his walls covered with Johnny Storm pictures too and he knows all the lines. We were recently staying with my best friend Tom who lives in Manchester, England and found out that Chris Evans was coming to town. David was disappointed to find that we’d have already left before the film crew arrived so he sat down and made a card with some pictures for Chris Evans and wrote him a little note. I’ve never seen him sit so long at a table and concentrate! I wish I’d scanned it but I never thought. On the front he did a little picture of Johnny Storm flying across the sky and inside another picture of a scene from the first movie with some speech bubbles and he wrote a little note to Chris saying he was his favourite actor. His ‘uncle’ Tom promised he’d try to get it to Chris Evans for him.

Tom took the card to the film site but security was so tight that he couldn’t get near anyone so he left the card with a note saying who it was from and that he was sorry not to get to take a photo for David’s birthday which was soon. The security guy told him to write down his address and he’d try to find someone to pass it to but made no promises as everything was crazy. That was on Friday 24th Sept. The following morning Tom received a special ‘next day delivery’ from Chris Evans! In it was a brilliant photo of Chris holding up David’s little card, a birthday card with a message from Chris Evans, he’d also signed two BluRay DVD covers with a little message on each for David. On one it said ‘FLAME ON!’ and was signed and on the other it said ‘DREAM BIG, BUDDY’ and was also signed.

It was David’s birthday yesterday. When he saw the card from Chris he read it, looked up, read it again, asked us to read it for him then he just stared at it grinning just repeating, ‘‘really? not really! really? is it real?’’ When we told him what had happened he started to tremble a bit, ran to his room, ran back again and basically didn’t know where to put himself. He had actually seen the photo before his birthday but we’ve now had it framed and he knew about nothing else. For the rest of the day he kept running back to the card and picture to look at them for the millionth time. We haven’t been allowed to play the DVDs yet as they have to stay on display and no-one’s allowed to touch them. When he’d gone to bed at the end of the day, we were tidying the mess up and had a big panic because we couldn’t find the photo! We were just getting desperate when David’s older sister had an idea. She checked under his pillow and it was there!

Most of the films on Youtube of the filming were taken on Fri 24th and I think it was their busiest day. Yet blockbuster movie or not Chris Evans still stopped to take the time to make a big effort for a little boy and for that he will always be loved in our household. Earlier this year David developed epilepsy really quite badly but is incredibly brave and is always cheerful and it meant a lot to us that he had such a special surprise this year. We are really grateful and David’s learnt a lovely lesson about consideration, kindness and values that he will remember forever.

Because of his age (7 and one day) and his health problems we want to keep David’s details private but really wanted to share the story with people who are fans of Chris Evans so you can see he really is as decent a guy as people say he is. You can see the photo and a scan of the card though.

So if anyone who knows Chris Evans actually reads this, PLEASE tell him that he made a little boy very, very happy. And his parents too!

Good luck with everything you do Chris. We wish you happiness and success.


Galactus Insert: Having interviewed Chris when he was doing press for Fantastic Four, I can attest that the guy is a real class act. We at CBM wish him well and think he's going to be an awesome Captain America.
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TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 10/3/2010, 11:02 PM
Haha he messed up on the "L" he wrote on the bottom. Fail
LiLHecLou
LiLHecLou - 10/3/2010, 11:07 PM
ya!! thats captain america great story a real hero
conformist21
conformist21 - 10/3/2010, 11:08 PM
he said fantastic,
oh you
CaptainFlan
CaptainFlan - 10/3/2010, 11:14 PM
Great story! That little boy will remember this for the rest of his life.
joekerr93
joekerr93 - 10/3/2010, 11:19 PM
hey Fartman, go [frick] yourself

wow, awesome story. Chris Evans really is one of the coolest, most down to earth guys out there
TheBatman938865
TheBatman938865 - 10/3/2010, 11:36 PM
now thats a cool man right there! can't wait for Captain America!
mawilli4
mawilli4 - 10/3/2010, 11:48 PM
Wow! What Cappy thing to do! :0
MercMatt
MercMatt - 10/4/2010, 12:48 AM
Seriously??? That's an admirable and awesome thing Chris Evans did. Epic Win!
TheStranger
TheStranger - 10/4/2010, 1:12 AM
That was really cool of him, my prayers go out to David and his family.
Growler
Growler - 10/4/2010, 1:14 AM
This brought a tear to my eye (probably because I have kids myself).
Chris Evans' example here should set the bar for how so-called 'stars' treat their public.
LOL
LOL - 10/4/2010, 1:19 AM
They said no one can cast Captain America, they're right as he is but an ideal... but they sure as hell got the best damn Steve Rogers right there when they got Chris Evans... and that translates well into being a great Cap as Steve Rogers embodies those ideals even before he took up the shield. Epic Win indeed for Chris, a real down-to Earth dude who hasn't let everything that's happened to him get to his head.
YakeTheSnake
YakeTheSnake - 10/4/2010, 1:31 AM
A lot of celebrities are just straight dick heads, especially after getting a big role like this. Chris Evans must be a real class act. Thank Stan Lee that we have someone who doesn't forget the fans
skidz
skidz - 10/4/2010, 1:35 AM
Taking time out of his schedule to do that points to him being one HELL of a class act!
lokisilvertongue
lokisilvertongue - 10/4/2010, 1:39 AM
Chris Evans showing he is a class act can't wait to see Captain America

ckal@ yea looks like it is a wig but at least they r giving him blonde hair for it taking the effort to do the film properly
BossVersion1
BossVersion1 - 10/4/2010, 1:42 AM
Good man. I've been a fan of his since Not Another Teen Movie.
FrankGarret
FrankGarret - 10/4/2010, 2:02 AM
Originally I was a supporter because most everyone was against him. But this right here, that's something Cap would do.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/4/2010, 2:02 AM
Yeah .... FLAME ON!!!

Lol!


[frick] FOX tho.... FANTASTIC FOUR needs to be back at MARVEL STUDIOS!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/4/2010, 2:04 AM
Well at least EVANS is outta FOX's grasp, good on him, be an awesome CAP AMERICA!
nursevil
nursevil - 10/4/2010, 2:06 AM
I always liked Chris Evans but he went up several notches in my book for what he did. He is a class act.
Whiteharted
Whiteharted - 10/4/2010, 2:11 AM
Wow what a nice guy. I bet that little boy will be soooooooo upset when he finds out that Mr. Evans isn't the Human Torch anymore. But still what a nice gesture, he didn't have to do that.

P.S. I LOVED the first FF film.
blah
blah - 10/4/2010, 2:13 AM
now that is really cool. what a great guy.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/4/2010, 2:21 AM
Whiteharted @ I liked him as TORCH too, I just wish the reboot tho was at Marvel Studios,coz I'm sick of everything FOX does thats Marvel related now! : P

Yeah he deff is a class act!
BoydeyMcNerd
BoydeyMcNerd - 10/4/2010, 2:41 AM
If any one still had doubts about Chris as Cap after reading this then you are never truly going to be satisfied, ever... because that is the most cap thing to do and you can just tell it was done from the heart the role is just made for Chris...he is now Steve Rogers
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 10/4/2010, 3:14 AM
This guy is great
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 10/4/2010, 3:33 AM
Wow, what an awesome guy Chris Evans is! This might just be the best casting devision Marvel gave ever made. And well done to that security guy for making sure it got to him! :)
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/4/2010, 3:35 AM
nice.

Joe6Pack74
Joe6Pack74 - 10/4/2010, 4:07 AM
Very cool.
jazzman
jazzman - 10/4/2010, 4:16 AM
what a great guy
lc
lc - 10/4/2010, 4:28 AM
well bloody done :)
Jimdlux
Jimdlux - 10/4/2010, 4:35 AM
I had no in intentions of seeing the Captain America movie, but after reading that story, I'm gonna give this movie a shot simply because the lead actor is a real hero!
grady3183
grady3183 - 10/4/2010, 4:42 AM
Thats awesome. Chris Evans embodies the Captain America character
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 10/4/2010, 5:02 AM
Hopefully that proud father will make his little boy into a CAPTAIN AMERICA fan now!
DLM
DLM - 10/4/2010, 5:07 AM
Arrr thats awesome. You can say all you want about Evans but you can't say he isn't a gr8 guy. Both him and Reynolds know how to treat the young fans and aren't stuck up or egotistical when it comes to them.
StrangerX
StrangerX - 10/4/2010, 5:29 AM
Flame on lmao
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