Diabolical Journalist Asks Chris Evans If Playing A Failed Actor Hits A Little Close To Home
This clip went mega-viral over the weekend and I find it absurd for a number of reasons.
1. Why are journalists being so blunt/rude recently? What a strange, strange week of press when paired with the clip of a reporter purposely excluding Ayo Edebiri from a question about Black Lives Matter/MeToo for seemingly no reason.
2. What is going on with this recent narrative that Chris Evans is a "failed" movie star?!
For context, this was a question about 'Sacrifice' - a new movie where Evans plays "a film star attempting a comeback" who is abducted by Anya Taylor Joy's character - but scan "Film Twitter" for more than a few minutes and you'll see plenty who agree with this strange perception that Evans is a failure just because his post-Captain America offerings haven't been great. And that may be true - 'Lightyear' failed, 'The Gray Man' and 'Ghosted' were apparently abysmal, I haven't even heard of 'Pain Hustlers', and 'Red One'/'Honey Don't!' both got critically panned. You know what, though? He might just have a shitty agent!
'Knives Out' was awesome, and he was one of the standouts in a cast full of tremendous actors, 'Materialists' was pretty good earlier this Summer, and his cameo reprising the role of Johnny Storm in 'Deadpool and Wolverine' delivered some of the best movie moments of last year. I know that last one is cheating a bit, because it's another Marvel movie - but how are we acting like one of the biggest movie stars of our era is a bust because he's had a few swings and misses after a streak of nothing but grand slams?
Chris Evans has arguably the best performance in the best trilogy in the MCU, he's one of the most vital players in 'Infinity War' and 'Endgame' - one of those being the second highest grossing film of all time - and it's not like that's ALL he has, either! He's also tremendous in 'Snowpiercer', 'Scott Pilgrim vs The World', AND I'll even throw in 'Not Another Teen Movie'! At worst, he's still batting .500 with his hits being the biggest possible hits in the biggest possible moments! God forbid he does a couple movies that aren't all time blockbusters!
Evans has been looking jacked recently, as well - so maybe he's gonna stick it to the haters and "crawl back to" another billion dollar paycheck....
Poor Chris! Hope he breaks through and finds some success soon!
P.S. Anya Taylor Joy's reaction in this clip is hilarious, I will admit that.