Chris Evans attends “The Gray Man” Special Screening at the BFI Southbank on July 19, 2022 in London, England.Photo:Samir Hussein/WireImage
Samir Hussein/WireImage
Chris Evansis making his first public appearance since tying the knot withAlba Baptista.
On Friday at New York Comic Con 2023, theCaptain Americastar joined fans for photo ops, autographing sessions at the Big Apple’s Javits Center.
“So happy to meet chris evans again,” the fan wrote alongside a color and black-and-white version of the same image of herself with theAvengersactor. Evans sported a wide grin in the pic, but another fan was quick to note that his new wedding band was also visible in the snap.
“That’s a a sweet photo. ☺️ Let me take a breath seeing he has a wedding band on his hand,” X user Lorraine Horton wrote in reply to Alesia’s post.
Meanwhile, another X user named Nicoleposted a photoon the platform that showed her alongside Evans at the event. As the actor stood in an animated pose that involved holding his left hand up, his new wedding jewelry was even more visible.
The actor’s appearance at the New York City event marks the first time he has been spotted since marryingWarrior Nunactress Baptista, 26, in a private ceremony at an estate in Cape Cod, Mass. on Sept. 9.
Chris Evans and Alba Baptista.Chris Evans Instagram
Chris Evans Instagram
PEOPLE’s 2022 Sexiest Man Alivehad been dating the Portuguese actress “for over a year” as of November 2022, according to a source at the time. “They are in love and Chris has never been happier. His family and friends all adore her,” the insider added.
Another source told PEOPLE last month that Evans and Baptista “got serious very quickly” after their first meeting in Europe. “He kept saying he knew she was the one.”
“He has been ready to settle down for a while,” the insider added. “He can’t wait to have a family. He was just waiting for the right girl.”
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TheKnives Outstar was one of the featuredguestsat this year’s NYCC, which is running Oct. 12 through 15, alongside actors includingEwan McGregor,David Tennant,Zachary Levi,Tom Hiddleston,Susan Sarandon,Shameik Moore,Pom Klementieffand Ron Perlman.
The annual event, which is the “East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention,” per NYCC’swebsite, “plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies and television.”
Evans will next star as a pharmaceutical sales rep selling opioids in what turns out to be a dangerous racketeering scheme in the filmPain Hustlers, in theaters Oct. 20 and streaming on Netflix Oct. 27.
In an interview published not long after his nuptials, Evans toldGQthat he had been “excited” about taking on his role in the new movie.
“It was a role that I was excited to play because it was a real character,” he told the outlet.
source: people.com
