Chris Evans Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ

Chris Evans breaks down his most iconic roles in, 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' 'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,' 'Not Another Teen Movie,' 'Knives Out,' 'Snowpiercer,' 'Sunshine,' 'Puncture' and 'Pain Hustlers.'

SAG-AFTRA members are currently on strike; as part of the strike, union actors are not promoting their film and TV projects. This interview was conducted prior to the strike.

Director: Robert Miller
Director of Photography: Josh Herzog
Editor: Graham Mooney
Creative Producer: Jean-Luc Lukunku
Talent Booker: Dana Mathews
Camera Operator: Alfonso
Gaffer: Niklas Moller
Sound Recordist: Rehanna Chandan
Production Assistant: Erica Palmieri
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

00:00 Chris Evans - Iconic Characters
00:19 Fantastic Four
01:46 Captain America
05:12 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
07:57 Not Another Teen Movie
09:03 Knives Out
10:52 Snowpiercer
13:14 Sunshine
15:08 Puncture
17:20 Pain Hustlers


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[alexman]

The way he talks about figuring out why people love a character and honouring it rather than just doing their own thing, is something more actors in such iconic roles should learn about.

[Shandilier]

the way the audience screamed in our theater over him picking up thors hammer was one of the most memorable cinematic moments ive gotten to experience it was awesome

[MultiSkiptracer]

Never realized how entertaining it is to just listen to Chris talk.

[zetareticuli]

“Try to understand why other people like [captain America] and honor it as best you can” is one of the most coherent things I’ve ever heard a celebrity say.

[spenceroneil]

Met him this year at ECCC. He was amazing to talk to and meet. Such a cool dude. Talked with him about my snakeskin boots for 10 minutes. He didn't have to do that but he did. He's one of the heroes i recommend you meet

[moviemelody]

My respect for Chris Evans just grew 100x when he started talking about understanding fans possessiveness over characters, something movie studios seem to forget about in these reboots and remakes

[gateauxq]

He was perfectly cast as Cap. The character can veer into tight-laced boy scout very easily but Chris chose to play him with more nuance and humanity. His Cap was one of the best-acted characters in the MCU.

[Indonesianfolknigeltufnel]

Scott pilgrim is a 10/10 movie and I love that everyone who was a part of it seems to speak so fondly of it

[kassi]

I’m so happy Chris Evans loved working in Scott Pilgrim as much as I loved the movie. Lucas Lee is one of my favorite favorite roles of his

[non_brewed_condiment]

Hearing that the Scott Pilgrim cast email chain is still active is literally the most wholesome thing

[itsjust_zak]

Why does he look like a 2012 Minecraft youtuber that grew up with his fans and now this cool dad of two kids

[SantiYTx]

I love hearing the cast of Scott Pilgrim talk about that movie, its my favorite film of all time and it makes it even better how great of a time everyone had making it. I cannot wait for the animated series.

[Soursprout]

It goes underappreciated how much talent it takes to play a character like Johnny Storm and have a switch up like playing Captain America and not have one role mar the perception of the other. The time gap in between movies helped but I remember at the time of him being casted as Cap there was a lot of worry and complaints that he couldn't do it because of the perception of playing a role like Johnny in technically the same comic universe.

[yoselinballesteros]

It's so rare to see Chris Evans in an interview being completely serious without laughing at something every minute.
Incredible👦💖

[doctorsango]

I’m surprised Cellular wasn’t in this. One of my favourite movies he’s done

[Hysetzz]

I like how relatable he is, he's a human describing the process mentally and giving credit to his directors and other actors and he's so chill. Cool dude

[MarvelMan]

I would love to see him play a truly evil role. He was great as the bad guy in Knives Out. Let’s step it up a notch.

[frazzyblue]

I’m surprised ‘Defending Jacob’ and ‘Gifted’ weren’t on here, they’re 2 of my favourite projects he’s done

[Aldo_The_Apache]

I love the contrast of him playing Curtis in Snowpiercer and Cap. Both entirely different heroes, one willing to sacrifice his own life for the sake of others, the other one willing to sacrifice everything for the greater purpose.

[SiwonPaul]

Chris Evans as an actor is so much underrated just because of his handsome looks. People will think his is just a typical handsome boy who is lucky to be an actor but deep down I believe he can offer more. Most importantly, he reads and the way he take upon acting, not following the money like some, is amazing.