They can confer recognition on unknowns (like a young Hugh Jackman, cast as Wolverine in 2000’s “X-Men”), but they also can restrict career options due to typecasting. Traditionally, superhero roles are both a blessing and a curse for up-and-coming actors. It was a milestone for Evans because it marked the first time he went on an international press tour and was offered a personal trainer by a studio.
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That still leaves him some time on the bigscreen: Over the next several years, he will clock at least three more appearances as the red-white-and-blue-clad superhero in “Avengers” and “Captain America” sequels.Įvans is part of a new generation of actors who came of age in a Hollywood where box office is dictated less by movie stars and more by superheroes and mega-franchises such as “Harry Potter,” “The Hunger Games,” “Twilight,” “Batman” “Spider-Man,” “Superman,” “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four” - the latter of which afforded Evans his first major break, playing another superhero: flamethrower Johnny Storm. “I can’t see myself pursuing acting strictly outside of what I’m contractually obligated to do.” “If I’m acting at all, it’s going to be under Marvel contract, or I’m going to be directing,” he says. REVIEW: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’Įvans recently made news when he said he plans a short break from acting after his Marvel run ends, but now, he tells Variety, he wants to retire from being in front of the camera. It just got to a point where I was like, you know what - I have to do this.” There’s another movie to do, there’s another acting job. “I’ve known for a while I wanted to direct,” Evans says.
He shot the film on Manhattan’s Lower East side over the course of just 19 days, and recently finished editing a rough cut.
The 32-year-old actor spent his winter hiatus from the Marvel universe directing his debut feature, an intimate $3 million love story tentatively called “1:30 Train,” which focuses on a young woman (Alice Eve) who misses her ride home at Grand Central Terminal and spends the night talking to a street musician (played by Evans). As Evans prepares for another spin in the superhero stratosphere, he admits to feeling somewhat ambivalent about being typecast as a comicbook star.
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