Chris Evans almost fully turned down the opportunity to play Captain America due to his anxiety and panic attacks.
about his challenging mental state ahead of taking on the role of the iconic shield-wielding superhero. "It was the first 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 right thing for me, I'm not sure if I'm feeling as healthy as I should be feeling.
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 choice, he reached out to Robert Downey, Jr., who urged him not to make his decision based on fear. He decided to sign up for the part. "It was the best decision I've ever made, and I really owe that to [Marvel chief] Kevin Feige for being persistent and helping me avoid making a giant mistake," Evans said."To be honest, all the things that I was fearing never really came to fruition.
Evans said he"fell in love" with his do-good character and found a comrade in arms, so to speak, in the MCU. "It was nice having Chris Hemsworth around because he was going through it, too," he said of the Australian actor 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 shared in our anxiety, and at least that made it a little bit more comforting."Captain AmericaThe Falcon and The Winter Soldier. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors.
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