Chris Evans is best known for playing Captain America in the “Avengers” movies — seven of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters — but he now admits he almost turned down the role.
Evans, who is now starring in the Apple TV+ series “Defending Jacob”, discusses suffering from horrific anxiety and panic attacks during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter as part of their Award Chatter podcast.
He speaks about taking on the role of Marvel superhero Johnny Storm (a.k.a. Human Torch) in the “Fantastic Four” movies in 2005 and 2007, but admits he worried whether people would ever see his better movies.
This ultimately led to his battle with anxiety, with Evans telling the podcast how his panic attacks started on the set of 2010’s “Puncture”. “It