Chris Evans Initially Turned Down "Captain America"

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Chris recalls initially turning down the role of Captain America and explains what led him to finally agree to play the character.
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How many times have you played Captain America now? Five?
Seven? I think maybe five.
And you were initially reluctant to be Captain America, though.
Yeah, yeah, I was scared, because at first it was some nine-picture contract,
and there are parts of me that have a little bit of social anxiety with this industry,
and doing movies one at a time, if all of a sudden you decide you don't want to do them anymore,
you're afforded the opportunity to take a step back and recalibrate when you have a giant contract.
If all of a sudden you're not responding well, too bad. You've got to suit up again. That was scary.
So why did you decide to do it, ultimately?
It kept coming back my way. I said no a few times, and it kept coming back,
and I talked to a few people in my life, family and friends,
and it just started to make sense that I was saying no out of fear, really.
You can't do anything out of fear.
Captain America can't experience fear.
You can't be doing something because you're scared.
So it ended up just kind of clicking to me in the way of looking at it as
whatever you're scared of, push yourself into it.
So you are a hero in real life as well, is what you're telling us.
Look, I'm just human, guys.
