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A List: Chris Evans

Chris Evans is a serious actor but that doesn’t mean he wants you to stop objectifying him.



After working a whipped-cream bikini in the 2001 spoof Not Another Teen Movie, Chris Evans fried phone lines in Cellular and melted hearts as The Human Torch in the Fantastic Four films. Next seen as a telekinetic troublemaker in February’s sci-fi thriller Push, the 27-year-old revisits his steamiest photo shoot and outs his even hotter gay brother.

This may come as quite a shock, but gay men enjoy you.
I was well aware of that. I remember my mother saying, “Chris, do you know you’re #2 on some gay list [AfterElton.com’s Hot 100]. Brad Pitt is #12!” I was like, “What?!” I couldn’t believe it.

That was 2007. I hate to break bad news, but you dropped to #8 in ’08.
Aww, that’s outrageous! Who took my spot?

I forget, but Jake Gyllenhaal was #1 for both years.
What? Jake? Unacceptable. [Laughs]

It couldn’t hurt to play a gay role next.
I really wanted to be a part of Milk, but I lost out to James Franco. I guess if you’ve got to lose, he’s the guy to lose to. I did a movie called Fierce People where I played a sociopath who wasn’t gay, but he does rape a teenage boy. You come to find out he didn’t do it for sexual reasons; he just did it because he could. He really was a sick character.

I’ve actually got an idea for a gay musical sequel to Cellular called Blackberry Storm. You in?
Absolutely. Sounds like a nailbiter.

I hear there might also be a queer subtext in Push.
Yes, those with powers try to keep it under wraps. They’re being hunted by the government, so everyone’s trying to lay low. Now I understand the gay man’s struggle. [Laughs]

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Reader Comments
  • Name: kenn
    Date posted: 3/22/2009 9:11:00 AM
    Hometown: la

    Comment:

    whaaaat! fire your publicist that's so stupid your hot and you should flaunt it there's nothing wrong with posing shirtless your publicist is crazy maybe he/she/it wants you for herself hands off whoever you are! hope to see more shirtless photo of you chris if iwas as hot as you i'd definitely flaunt my stuffs

  • Name: Timothy
    Date posted: 1/27/2009 11:53:00 PM
    Hometown: Grand Rapids

    Comment:

    The fact is the gossip sites, including Perez Hilton, use gay rumors as their way of preying on and ruining careers. They've created a market for "who's secretly gay?" type trash. No in this day "Jewish Rumors" wouldn't hurt Chris Evans but "Scientology Rumors" would. If he said he embraced his brother's faith but didn't want to go to an L Ron meeting for fear people would start publishing he was one of them. I think people would think it was reasonable. Plus its not like you have to worry about going to a Jewish temple and having a Drag Queen jump up and french you as a camera goes off. Granted some gay bars may be respectable places, I can only speak of the few around here. ;) I myself prefer the local micro brewery that serves food.

  • Name: Melissa
    Date posted: 1/14/2009 12:40:00 PM
    Hometown: Simi Valley

    Comment:

    Okay, someone is a little sensitive today. Chill out, put yourself in his shoes and then re-think your comment.

  • Name: Joey
    Date posted: 1/11/2009 12:48:00 AM
    Hometown: Miami

    Comment:

    I just think his comments are being overanalyzed. It's seems to me that his fear comes from the risk of losing acting jobs and seeing his face spread all over the Enquirer with all sorts of lies. I don't think anybody wants that. If he wasn't a working actor in Hollywood, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have a problem going to a gay bar with his brother and his gay buddies.

  • Name: ThomasT
    Date posted: 1/8/2009 1:45:00 AM
    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Comment:

    He is not winning any points with me here. Screw him. We don't need to keep supporting people who fear being mistaken for gay. We cannot keep making excuses for people who feel the need to distance themselves.

  • Name: lalala
    Date posted: 1/7/2009 10:12:00 PM
    Hometown: Los Angeles

    Comment:

    Granted, I am not famous... but I am a real person living in the real world, and when someone asks me if I am gay (which occurs daily since I put a FIGHT THE H8" bumper sticker on my car) I always answer the same way: "Same difference." I think Chris, and any celeb, could respond the same. If you'd like to think I'm gay, what's the harm? what's the problem? It doesn't get in the way of my (coincidentally) hetero preferences or status at all.

  • Name: Aaron
    Date posted: 1/7/2009 10:02:00 PM
    Hometown: New Plymouth, New Zealand

    Comment:

    Guys, Chris said nothing but nice things about his brother and even supported gay marriage in that interview. So what if he doesn't want the paps on his back? Also, can you imagine what would happen if Chris freaking Evans went to a gay bar? He'd get totally swamped. Gay men all over the place absolutely love this guy.

  • Name: Mark
    Date posted: 1/7/2009 9:07:00 PM
    Hometown: Springfield

    Comment:

    Chris is a jerk, it is like having a black friend but not going to their church, because what would my white friends think, total hypocrite.

  • Name: Kyle
    Date posted: 1/7/2009 1:55:00 PM
    Hometown: New York

    Comment:

    Most actors don't want to be pigeon-holed as anything, they just want to be actors. I don't fault him for being circumspect.

  • Name: Clint
    Date posted: 1/7/2009 12:20:00 PM
    Hometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Comment:

    "If you're not ashamed of something, you wouldn't mind getting mistaken for it." That's a great point, Steven. I do realize what others have said too. It's true, Evans has the media to deal with. However, it's only reinforcing homophobia to play to homophobia. If every man had the attitude of not caring, whether or not he is perceived as gay, because there is nothing negative attached to being gay, there'd be nothing for the tabloids to report on. We're not going to fight homophobia/heterosexism, by using it as the reason to think or act a certain way.

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