Moviefone caught up with Chris Evans while he was doing press for his new movie Punture, and was able to ask a few questions ranging from Captain America writer Christopher Markus wanting MODOK as the villain in the next Cap movie as well as some tid bits about
The Avengers.
"Well, it just depends what substance is given to the character. You know, Batman has demons. Obviously he's a guy in a suit, but he has a lot of issues. The problem with Cap' that I found was that he's just... he's such a good guy. There's nothing that he can't put on his shoulders. The reason he's chosen to be Cap' is because of his ability to say, "I got this. There's nothing you can throw at me that I can't handle. I got it." And as a result it's hard to find conflict because he's so good at taking on conflict and handling it as an adult -- maturely, rationally, calmly, intelligently -- which makes it difficult to find an edge. That's why I think 'The Avengers' is going to be fun. 'The Avengers' was fun because they give Cap' some hurdles.
On Captain America Writer Christopher Markus wanting Peter Dinklage as MODOK in the sequel:
[Makes a face] I mean... Ugh... I don't know. I don't know. It sounds like... heh. Heh. I don't know. I don't know. The comic book world is so dangerous, you know what I mean? You say one thing and people -- they're ravenous -- they are very opinionated fans. But they're great fans. I mean, they're the reason we make these movies. I don't know. I get asked a lot of questions about Cap' sequels and villains and I just try to stay out of it. He has to run everything by Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel. And Kevin Feige is a huge comic book fan, so Feige is going to say, "Here are the things we want to touch upon. These are the relationships we want to build on, this is the villain. Like, Kevin Feige will give you the chess pieces and you have to kind of put them in place, you know what I mean?
On the difference between Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers:
Oh my God, I love sharing the workload. On 'Captain America,' I worked every single day -- every single f-cking day -- for six months. Sometimes six days a week. We finished the movie and it was just exhausting. Like, literally, I needed like a month to not move. 'Avengers'? I work, maybe, two days a week. Oh, it's the best. It was like summer camp. You know what I mean? Like, it was fun, it was a character I knew, a character I was comfortable with. I really liked the script. Everyone in the cast... I've done a million movies with Scarlett. I've known Hemsworth a while, he was great. And everyone is so cool: Downey and Ruffalo and everyone's so f-cking cool. The movie could have been -- I mean, it could have been a sh-t show. If we all didn't get along, it just could have been such a disaster. But it couldn't have gone better.
On everyone working a couple of weeks at a time on The Avengers:
Everyone is happier. Because everyone comes and goes. We shot in Albuquerque, so you can go right back to L.A. and nobody has any stress. Well, poor Joss. Joss Whedon was ready to shoot himself in the face. But, everyone else? We were having the time of our lives.
For the full interview where Chris talks about being upset that more people has seen Fantastic Four than his movie Sunshine click the source link below.
Also check out Evans as Captain America in
The Avengers on May 4, 2012.