OT: Given that you fight intergalactic super-villains on screen mostly, what is it that you would like to escape from to go on a holiday?
Chris Evans:
Ha, don’t I wish. It is hard to escape the shackles of your own face sometimes. But I try not to be grumpy. I haven’t had a holiday in a while and it doesn’t look like I will for some more time because after Captain America‘s release, we are starting work on Avengers: Infinity War. So I barely have time to breathe. I could escape now, incognito, of course!
OT: And where is it that you would like to go?
Chris Evans: I love chasing sunsets—so anywhere with a good view would be nice. A place where I could put my feet up and sleep under the open sky. Cape Town, maybe. Or Hawaii.
OT: Why not India?
Chris Evans: India tops my list. I’d love to be there. It looks like a beautiful place that has a variety of things to see and do. Also because I completely love chicken and I want to sample butter chicken, Kashmiri chicken, Hyderabadi chicken and South Indian food because I love coconut curries! India would be a great idea for a vacation.
OT: What does your vacation schedule look like?
Chris Evans: I enjoy working out and playing sports with my buddies. Being active makes me feel better, more mentally affirmed. Though it is not the only thing I do. I watch a lot of films—mostly horror and sci-fi. Okay, also Disney, considering my mom has gone on record to say that and prove I am a dork! I also play the guitar or read.
OT: What is usually in your luggage?
Chris Evans: Definitely not Lycra! (laughs) Lots of sunglasses and caps—it’s the easiest disguise sometimes. I do read and often draw. I also pack a lot of candies—those are my midnight snacks in unfriendly places or mostly strange hotel rooms.
OT: What about Marvel comics?
Chris Evans: Those too sometimes, but mostly philosophy, self-help. The Power of Now is a really great book, I found it totally inspiring. It’s the way I want to live my life.
OT: What are your favourite places in the world then?
Chris Evans: I have a romantic relationship to art, to music, to nature. So I like going to places with spectacular views. I went camping once for three weeks by myself, which is very romantic. And I believe every place has some or the other sort of romance in it. London, where we filmed very recently, may have terrible weather—Oh, how I hate it—but the theatre scene is so romantic. I saw Les Miserables there—and it was like the cold didn’t bother me anymore!