He may be the star of one of film’s biggest franchises, but Chris Evans is ready to walk away from acting.
“I’ve known for a while I wanted to direct,” Evans says in the latest issue of Variety. “But [time] never really opens up. There’s another movie to do, there’s another acting job. It just got to a point where I was like, you know what — I have to do this.”
And Evans — who helmed his first film, “1:30 Train,” an indie romance he stars in with Alice Eve, this winter — intends to by refraining from acting once his superhero commitments are up.
“If I’m acting at all, it’s going to be under Marvel contract, or I’m going to be directing,” the 32-year-old says. “I can’t see myself pursuing acting strictly outside of what I’m contractually obligated to do.”
Fans of the actor still have plenty of time to catch him before his career change; Evans is currently filming “Avengers: The Age of Ultron.”
His latest film, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” opens on April 4.