Chris Evans is Captain America, Marvel’s ass-kicking patriotic superhero clad in red, white, and blue. But today he’s more up for talking about his emotions than indestructible shields. When we meet he’s fresh from recording a ‘fucking adorable’ Bedtime Story for CBeebies, which has left him feeling ‘choked up’: ‘If I let myself open up, tears are never too far away.’
We’re in a central London hotel room to chat about his latest movie, which is a complete departure from punching aliens. In ‘Gifted’, from ‘(500) Days of Summer’ director Marc Webb, Evans plays Frank, a guy embroiled in a bitter custody battle with his mother over his mathematics genius niece Mary (Mckenna Grace).
Your new film ‘Gifted’ is leaving audiences a bit wobbly. Do you like weepies?