When the announced Chris Evans was taking the role of Captain America people had some doubts. Granted, it seems that even Evans had some thinking to do before just jumping at the opportunity.

io9 quotes Evans

It was a challenging process for me, trying to decide whether or not to do it. I came down on the side of going for it because I really think Marvel is doing some great things these days, the script is great and it’s going to be a fun character to play. He’s a wonderful character, just as a man, aside from the comic hero background. If it was just a story about the man, Steve Rogers, I’d be really interested. He’s an incredibly noble, honest, selfless man, and those are qualities that I think people can aspire to and look up to.

This is a big mouthful to take on, and I don’t blame the guy for taking the offer seriously.

After all, they did numerous screen tests and they seemed to just be to generate rumours as they offered it to Evans without an audition.

So yeah, he chewed on it for a while, then said yes.

And I look forward to seeing what he does with it.