Marvel announced the casting decision in April 2010, but it took years for Evans to quell his worries. He later confessed to being roiled by fear and self-hatred while making his first Captain America movie. The mantra playing in his head: “This is it. I just signed my death warrant; my life’s over. I can’t believe I did this. This isn’t the career I wanted.” He relaxed once he realized that the Captain America movies were actually good. “The biggest thing I was worried about was making shitty fucking movies,” he said. “I don’t want to make shitty movies and be contractually obligated to make
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