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Chris Evans knows critics hate “Ghosted,” his Apple original film co-starring Ana de Armas. The film, directed by Dexter Fletcher, opened last April to poor reviews. It currently boasts a 26% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and diverse He described it as “exaggerated and convoluted”. (Other critics, like IndieWire’s David Ehrlich, were as well Even more brutalHe described the film as “insultingly bland.”) in a new interview With GQ magazineEvans admitted that the film could have been better.
“Ghosted seemed to me like a movie I grew up with, a movie we probably don’t see very often anymore,” Evans said. “The question is whether or not audiences have moved on from these types of films.”
GQ then asked: “Is this the question you asked or left out?”
“Both,” Evans replied. “I didn’t think audiences had gotten over that before, and I still don’t think they have gotten over that, despite the fact, I mean, technically, I think we did a good job, viewership-wise. The critics didn’t like it. But that’s wrong.” “The film, not the audience’s appetite. I think the appetite is there, if it’s done right. We could have been better.”
Evans is certainly hoping to bounce back with two upcoming releases: “Pain Hustlers” on Netflix and “Red One” on Prime Video. He shot those films and Ghosted all in the same year, a work schedule he doesn’t want to repeat. In fact, Evans hopes to “act a little less” in the future.
“I have a lot of other interests,” Evans said. “Look, I’ve never climbed any mountain in this field. I don’t have Oscars and I’m not in any way in league with the other names at the top of the mountain. But I also feel very satisfied.”
He continued: “I don’t want that. I have to put this matter in the right context.” “I was going to say, ‘I don’t want to waste too much time in this industry,’ but that doesn’t seem real… That doesn’t seem right. I don’t want to take up too much space in an industry that I’ve already worked in for 20 years… Sometimes I wonder if I… I’m kind of lacking – like, I think I’m a very driven person. I have a lot of energy. I wake up early, I get a lot done in the day, but I’m not always focused on acting. Sometimes reading a script is the last thing I want to do.
Evans will star opposite Emily Blunt in “Pain Hustlers,” which premieres October 20 on Netflix.
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