While talking to press, often alongside the lovely co-star Anna Faris, various press personalities took the opportunity to ask Chris Evans some questions about Captain America and The Avengers. I wonder if he found that annoying? Still it's understandable as the early reviews of Whats Your Number? are not favorable to say the least and the media outlets have to find something interesting to talk about. Based on the tone and questions Evans fielded, it will be interesting to see whether Evans want's to continue down the path of the action, super-hero movie star or if he wants to return to the comedies he was initially known for.
Interview excerpt from Movie Fanatic.
Movie Fanatic: Do you think this movie [What's Your Number] will remind people that you are more than a superhero as Captain America?
Chris Evans: [Laughs] He also takes his clothes off. Yeah, I don’t know. I’ll say I hope so because I think a good thing about film as opposed to TV is you get variety so you get to flex a lot of different acting muscles. It’s fun to play a certain character and put on a blue suit and toss a shield around and it’s fun to go and crack some jokes and get naked.
Interview excerpt from Hey U Guys
HeyUGuys: In the case of Captain America, where you beefed up for the role, do you ever see yourself getting fat for a role?
Chris Evans: I don’t think I could if I tried unfortunately. Everyone’s usually like “what a dick” when I say that. But it really is difficult for me to put on weight. But in the same token, I can’t put on any leg mass. I have little pool cues for legs. So I can’t really fill out, it’s ridiculous. I wouldn’t mind losing a lot of weight, getting real skinny. I could do that real easily
Interview excerpt from Jorge Carreon of Examiner.com
JORGE CARREON: People seem to forget that you do have some serious comedic chops. You finished What’s Your Number? and went straight into Captain America without a break. Were you able to enjoy the process at all?
CHRIS EVANS: It’s nice doing a comedy. A lot of the movies I’ve made, if they’ve been action-oriented, I’ve still had to be funny. It’s not always fun being the funny piece to an otherwise comedy-less movie, so it’s nice. You share the load and everyone’s happy. It’s like summer camp. Comedies are real light and fun. It’s a great way to spend your day. You go home, you can’t help but bring some of that with you.
Interview excerpt from Metro
Apparently you initially said no to Captain America?
I was terrified because I thought my life would no longer be mine and I wouldn’t be able to leave my home or go to the grocery store. I like my anonymity and privacy – I thought all that would come crashing down. And it’s intimidating because you know people are going to see this movie a lot of times and there was no guarantee of success. Then there was a giant contract and a multi-picture deal. You are potentially committing to the next decade of your life.
Interview excerpt from Izumi Hasegawa of Buzzine
IH: Chris, anything on Captain America 2?
CE: Nothing I can share with you!
As you can see, Evans initial fears of forever being chiefly known for
Captain America are sort of becoming a realization. It appears that whatever he does from this point on, he'll forever be bombarded with questions about Steve Rogers and what Marvel's currently planning for the Sentinel of Liberty. However, kudos to Evans, as it appears that he's handling all this graciously and continues to field these questions even when he's out to promote other movies.
Screenwriters Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus said in April 2011, that they have been writing a sequel for Marvel Studios. In a June 2011 interview, the duo stated, "The story will likely be in the present day. We're experimenting with flashback elements for more period World War II stuff. I can't say much more than that but we made it baggy enough to refer to more stories in the past". In September 2011, star Chris Evans said a sequel may not be released until 2014.
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