Contemporary from saving the world rather a lot as Captain America, Chris Evans made one thing of a pivot. Donning some spectacular knitwear, he turned agent of chaos in Rian Johnson’s whodunnit Knives Out as swaggering douchebag Ransom (keep in mind that “Eat shit” monologue?), chewing the surroundings and spitting it out with a smile on his face. Now in The Grey Man, he’s ploughing additional into gleeful villainy as Lloyd Hansen – the specialist employed to take down Ryan Gosling’s CIA hitman Sierra Six; a sadistic, narcissistic, sociopathic manhunter who relishes the nastiest elements of the job. His Cap days are effectively and really gone. “It does appear that I’ve aggressively gone 180 [degrees] from Steve Rogers,” Evans tells Empire. “Nevertheless it simply type of unfolded that means.”

Because the movie’s co-writer Stephen McFeely notes, the unpredictability of Lloyd Hansen spices up each scene he’s in. “He’s a trainwreck of a human being,” he teases. “That man may be something in any scene, as a result of all he desires is anarchy.” Attending to lean into a personality who liked doing dangerous issues was a chance that Evans relished – particularly getting to take action with the Russo Brothers, administrators he’d labored with on an entire string of Marvel films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil Warfare, Avengers: Infinity Warfare and Avengers: Endgame. “I really like the Russos, and I’ll just about do something they ask me to do,” he says. “And it is a character I’ve by no means been capable of play. He’s so liberated, and free, and trustworthy. What I like about him is that it is best to nearly concern his smile greater than his scowl. I believe he understands that what he does is dangerous and dangerous, however I believe he considers himself vital. He thinks he’s a disrupter.” Deliver on the chaos.

Learn Empire’s full The Grey Man function – speaking to Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, the Russo Brothers and extra in regards to the making of their relentless motion blockbuster – in our upcoming Summer season Preview situation, on sale Thursday 12 Could and accessible to pre-order on-line right here. The Grey Man involves UK cinemas from 15 July, and streams on Netflix from 22 July.