Chris Evans at the premiere of his movie “Ghosted,” whose reviews led him to wonder if people have “outgrown those types of films.".Photo:Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
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Chris Evansis reflecting on his movieGhosted.
With a 26 percent critics score and a 55 percent audience score onRotten Tomatoes, the film is not one of Evans’ most critically acclaimed or well-received movies, which made him wonder if people have “outgrown those types of films,” he toldGQin a new interview conducted before Hollywood actors went on strike.
“Ghosted, to me, felt like a movie that I grew up on, a movie that maybe we don’t see very much anymore,” Evans, 42, toldGQ. “And the question is whether or not audiences have outgrown those types of films.”
When asked whether this question cropped up when he signed onto the project or when it was released, theKnives Outstar said, “Both.”
“I didn’t think audiences had outgrown it prior, and I still don’t think they have, despite the fact, I mean, technically I think we did okay … in terms of viewership,” he said.
He went on to say that while “critics didn’t like” the film, “that’s more the fault of the movie as opposed to the appetite of the audience.”
“I think the appetite’s there, if it’s done properly,” he told the magazine, adding: “We could have been better.”
DespiteGhosted’s lackluster response, Evans has high hopes for his upcoming projectsPain Hustlers, starring him andEmily Bluntas pharmaceutical sales employees pushing opioids, andRed One, a holiday action-comedy starringDwayne Johnson.
“It was a role that I was excited to play because it was a real character,” he toldGQofPain Hustlers.
As forRed One? Evans has “just been looking for a Christmas movie my whole career.”
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“It was nice, with this movie we finally got to interact in a more playful, banter-y sort of way,” Evans told PEOPLE in April. “InKnives Out, we’re obviously adversarial. The second film,Gray Man, we didn’t have anything together.”
“So this was fun to actually get to have some repartee and explore that type of movie,” he added.
Chris Evans at the premiere of ‘Knives Out,’ which he stars in alongside ‘Ghosted’ costar Ana de Armas.Jerod Harris/Getty
TheBlondestar said that it was particularly interesting to play an action star alongside Evans, who is best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“I thought it was very refreshing and new and unexpected for people to see Chris in this position of not being the one in control and strong and saving the day,” de Armas said. “For me, it was a lot of fun — a lot of work and a lot to do, but it was really cool.”
Evans echoed his costar, saying, “That’s what I liked about the movie. It’s so fun to be the eyes of the audience and react how they would — or at least how I assume most of the audience would, certainly how I would — to panic and be relatively incapable.”
“The more human you respond, the funnier it is,” he added.
source: people.com
