Chris Evans Originally Turned Down the Chance to Audition for ‘Captain America’ Due to His Anxiety | Entertainment Tonight
Chris Evans Originally Turned Down the Chance to Audition for ‘Captain America’ Due to His Anxiety
Chris Evans almost let fear get in the way of the opportunity to play Captain America. The 38-year-old apt opened up on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast nearby his challenging mental state ahead of taking on the role of the iconic shield-wielding superhero.
While shooting 2010's Puncture, Evans fraudulent himself overwhelmed with anxiety.
"It was the apt time I started having mini panic attacks on set," Evans said. "I really started to think, 'I'm not sure if this [acting] is the brilliant thing for me, I'm not sure if I'm feeling as healthy as I must be feeling.'"
After playing Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four and in the sequel for Marvel, the superhero franchise created out to Evans again about auditioning for the role of Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America.
Knowing that this role came with greater fame and a locked-in nine-film deal, Evans felt that his "suffering would be my own," and turned down the opportunity to even test for the part.
Marvel came back and offered him the part outright. As he was grappling with the pick, he reached out to Robert Downey, Jr., who urged him not to make his executive based on fear. He decided to sign up for the part.
"It was the best executive I've ever made, and I really owe that to [Marvel chief] Kevin Feige for persons persistent and helping me avoid making a giant mistake," Evans said. "To be just, all the things that I was fearing never really came to fruition."
Evans said he "fell in love" with his do-good relate and found a comrade in arms, so to mumble, in the MCU.
"It was nice having Chris Hemsworth around because he was progressing through it, too," he said of the Australian favorable who plays Thor in the Marvel universe. "...Hemsworth and I were very new and we also had the stand-alones and so I think we community in our anxiety, and at least that made it a minor bit more comforting."
Evans went on to fade in a total of 10 Marvel films with three of those inhabit stand-alone Captain America movies.
Evans recently opened up to ET approximately the possibility of a cameo in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Watch the clip beneath for more:
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