Chris Evans Explains Why He Doesn't Think He's a Movie Star, Reveals the Type of Movie He's Always Wanted to Make

Chris Evans might have starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies in recent memory, but he doesn’t consider himself to be a movie star.

The 42-year-old Captain America actor explained the distinction and alluded to another actor who seems to deserve the role during a recent interview.

He also opened up about the sort of role that he’s wanted to do for the entirety of his career.

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“There are some people that you meet and you just think, Man, that’s a movie star,” Chris told GQ. Why doesn’t he feel like one? “I love to act,” he told the outlet. “But it’s not something that I couldn’t live without.”

In fact, Chris hinted at his desire to ease back on accepting major leading roles.

“I was going to say, I don’t want to waste too much time in this industry, but that doesn’t really feel.… That doesn’t sound correct,” he explained. “I don’t want to occupy too much space in an industry that I’ve already poured 20 years into.”

He added that he “would run away from the leading man role every time if I could,” offering the role to a different actor.

“Someone like Robert Downey Jr. walks in the room and he owns the oxygen,” he said of his MCU co-star. “He’s just such a presence, such a force. Magnetic in every way. Let him be the lead.”

Chris added that he “struggled” with the responsibilities of be an actor after filming was done. “Some people are just born to do it. I say: Let ’em. I’m not trying to fit into that box,” he continued.

While Chris hinted at plans to slow down, he did recently get to check a career-long goal off his list with his new movie Red One, which also stars Dwayne Wade, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Liu: “I’ve just been looking for a Christmas movie my whole career.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Chris discussed why he initially passed on playing Captain America and if he had a future with the role. He also made rare comments about his wife Alba Baptista, who he reportedly married earlier this month.

Did you know that Chris competed with some other A-listers to land his MCU role?