Chris Evans finally reveals truth behind his bookish new look
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Marvel heartthrob Chris Evans has finally revealed his bookish new look is for an upcoming role.
When asked about his dark shaggy beard at the Red One premiere on Monday, the Captain America star, 43, revealed his transformation from clean-cut, all-American superhero to a more rugged, bearded man has a simple explanation.
The performer told Entertainment Tonight that his new facial hair was for 'a job' he's 'working on.'
'It's a film called Sacrifice, with Anya Taylor-[Joy], John Malkovich,' he teased, referring to his role in the Romain Gavras-directed film, which also stars Salma Hayek.
According to Sacrifice's description on IMDb, the thriller, loosely inspired by the Joan Of Arc story, is about ''a star-studded charity event turns chaotic when a radical group crashes it, seeking a mystical artifact tied to an ancient prophecy.'
Marvel heartthrob Chris Evans has finally revealed his bookish new look is for an upcoming role; seen in 2024
He portrays a character named Mike Tyler, 'a beleaguered movie star desperate for redemption.'
Fans were quick to react to the new look on social media, which seemed to be a unanimous hit among his supporters.
'Beard or no beard... he always be a handsome man! ❤️,' one Instagram user raved.
Another gushed that the new facial hair makes him look like an 'author.'
Some, however, joked the beard made him look 'like the adult version of Harry Potter.'
On X (previously Twitter) and Instagram his fans were thirsting over his new aesthetic, which was far from his Marvel superhero days.
The Gifted actor's avid supporters compared him to a 2000s rom-com professor, or Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, and called him 'so fine' and 'better with age.'
One person tweeted, 'Just Chris Evans looking like a professor from an early 2000s romcom,' along with a picture of the actor at the premiere.
When asked about his dark shaggy beard at the Red One premiere on Monday, the Captain America star, 43, revealed his transformation from clean-cut, all-American hero to a more rugged, bearded man has a simple explanation
The performer told Entertainment Tonight that his new facial hair was for 'a job' he's 'working on' with Anya Taylor-Joy, John Malkovich
Evans is best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; seen filming Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011
'The hair is the best,' another fan agreed about his new more mature coif.
'Chris Evans just gets better with age. We're not just talking like cheese or wine we're talking like the most exclusive, desired brandy in existence,' a fan wrote.
A supporter declared him the 'Sexiest Man Alive,' a title he won from People Magazine in 2022.
One summed it up by saying: 'This. This is my type.'
Another applauded, 'Seriously nailing the professor look... I might have gone to university if that's what I could have expected.'
'The college professor we deserve,' a fashion fan raved about Evans, who's married to Alba Baptista, 27, and thinking about starting a family with the Portuguese actress.
Although his current look is a bit of a departure from his trademark stubble or shorter, blonder locks while portraying Captain America, he's experimented with full beards, no beard, mustaches and, even, a shaved head before; seen in 2022
Some Instagram commenters thought nothing had changed, with one woman responding to the professorial look, 'I feel like Chris Evans has been in his hot era since 1999.'
Although his current look is a bit of a departure from his trademark stubble or shorter, blonder locks while portraying Captain America, he's experimented with full beards, no beard, mustaches and, even, a shaved head before.
