Captain America is the seventh comic book-based film that you've been in. Is that why you resisted signing up for the film in the first place?
I didn't really resist signing up for it. I don't know how I end up playing superheroes. It kind of just happens. They seem to be making a lot of superhero movies these days. It's just kind of random.
What sort of training did you undergo to bulk up for the part?
Just go to the gym a lot. For Captain America, they had a trainer. I've never used a trainer before. They flew a trainer from London out to Boston and we worked out every day for about an hour and a half, two hours. We did that for about three months. We just lifted weights. I'm a pretty skinny guy, soI don't do too much cardio, justa lot of weights.
The first Avengers film is an all-star cast. Any specific actor you are particularly keen on working with?
We started filming The Avengers in April. There's Iron Man who is Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson plays Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo is the Hulk, Sam Jackson, Jeremy Renner - there's a whole bunch of people. I'm really excited to work with them all.
Tell us a bit about working with Frank Miller and Evan Rachel Wood on the Gucci Guilty advert.
Oh it was fantastic. He is sucha visionary - such a creative mind and he really has a good sense of story. It felt like making a movie. And Evan; we did get along quite well. She's such an easy girl to get along with. We met and shot in Italy for about four or five days. The first day we showed up in Italy, we hung out and grabbed a drink. She's just the coolest girl on the planet. She's so young too; she's so mature for her age. She's a great girl.
Why have comic books become such a big influence on Hollywood now? Is there a paucity of good original material? What about indie films?
The tricky thing with smaller, indie films is that they have such a hard time getting made. For some reason, [with] the climate right now, no one wants to invest in those smaller movies because it's so hard to make your money back. And if you do find a script you like, you need a big star to get the movie funded. So it's hard to get the ball rolling on those small indie films. They're so nice. Before I signed up Captain America, I was in a two-million-dollar budget film called Puncture. So it's a pretty small movie, it's a different energy on set. It's a project of passion. Nobody is getting a pay cheque. Everyone wants to make this project and it just feels different.
A wardrobe classic that Chris Evans wouldn't travel without?
Jeans and a T-shirt - I'm very casual. I like the simple stuff.
