Chris Evans named – The Alike

Los Angeles — Chris Evans could have put down Captain America’s defend however he is bought a brand new badge of honor: He’s been named People journal’s “Sexiest Man Alive.”

People’s choice was introduced Monday night time on Stephen Colbert’s late night time present and on the journal’s web site. Evans, who for practically a decade performed Captain America in Marvel’s sprawling superhero movies, takes the baton from one other Avenger, Paul Rudd.

“My mom will be so happy,” he advised the journal for its cowl story, which hits newsstands on Friday. “She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.”

He additionally is aware of that he is more likely to be teased by shut mates. “Really, this will just be a point of bullying,” he joked in an interview. “It’s ripe for harassment.”

Among these more likely to heckle him are co-stars and former Sexiest Man Alive winners like Rudd, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Hemsworth. (Hemsworth, who performs Thor within the Marvel movies, was the primary Avenger to win People’s annual honor, which was first handed out to Mel Gibson in 1985.)

Other previous honorees embrace John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.

People interviewed Evans, 41, at a Georgia farmhouse, the place the actor talked about discovering a greater work-life stability. “The most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas,” he mentioned.

Evans’ first movie position got here in 2000’s “The New Comers” and he performed superhero Johnny Storm in two “Fantastic Four” movies launched in 2005 and 2007. But he gained widespread fame in 2011 with the discharge of “Captain America: The First Avenger.”

Since then, he is performed the healthful superhero in 10 Marvel movies, laying down his defend after saving the universe in “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.

Evans has turn into a extremely bankable star, voicing the Buzz Lightyear character in Pixar’s “Lightyear” movie and enjoying a sadistic murderer attempting to kill Reynolds in Nextflix’s “The Gray Man” – each launched this yr.

The actor advised People he is excited about marriage and having a household, saying, “That’s absolutely something I want.”

He mentioned he did not anticipate to speak publicly a lot about his personal life although. “Some things you want just for you, or just for my family and my friends.”

The Boston native additionally continues his involvement with the civic engagement web site A Starting Point, which he co-founded in 2020.

As Evans charts the subsequent a part of his life and profession, he totally expects People’s honor might be a milestone.

“It’s something that as I become old and saggy I can look back on and say ‘I remember then…’” Evans mentioned. “I’m lucky to be in the discussion in any capacity.”