Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, and Lucy Liu are currently busy promoting their new holiday action film, Red One. The plot involves Santa being kidnapped. Despite heavy promotion (my local theater has had a big display out for a good month), it’s posed to big one of the biggest box office bombs of the year. As a part of their promo tour, Chris and Dwayne gave an interview to People. During the interview, Chris shared that he’s kinda over doing action movies at this point. Instead, he’s dying to be cast in an “actual musical film,” where he can sing and dance his pretty little heart out.
“I’m waiting to do an actual musical film. I want to sing,” Evans tells PEOPLE. “[And] dance. That is what I want.”
“Let’s manifest that, man,” says his costar Johnson, 52.
“I mean, that’s tough though because that’s something you got to do right. You only get so many bites at that apple,” Evans continues. “… But knowing that I’m very precious with it and I want to make sure it’s the right thing. So yeah, that’s always in the works.”
“That’s the quickest way to get me in a room. If you say it’s going to be a musical, I’m listening,” he adds.
“I got a feeling it’s going to happen, man,” says Johnson, after sharing that his Red One costar is “crazy talented musically.”
Speaking of musical skills, Evans says he also wants to try his hand at drumming.
“I played the piano and every time I watch someone drumming, I’m like, ‘Nah, that’s cool,” he tells PEOPLE. “Just got to do it. I just got to pick up some sticks and start doing it. But yeah, maybe a few more instruments.”
Captain America wants to do a musical? Sure, why not? What type of musical are we talking about? Something like The Sound of Music or a more adult-themed musical like La La Land? For some reason, when I picture Chris in a musical role, I get major character actor vibes. I think of him playing the part of a police constable who pops up throughout the show as comedic relief. I can also kinda see him playing one of the princes in Into the Woods. Give him a top hat and some tap shoes and stick him in that Andrew Garfield/Ryan Gosling movie that we were trying to manifest into existence last month.
Anyone planning on seeing Red One? It looks like dumb fun, but it’s probably not a very good movie. My older son wants to see it, so there’s like a 50/50 chance I’ll end up being the one to take him since I have a higher tolerance for these types of films than Mr. Rosie does. Wish me luck.
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Good luck Rosie!! Not going to see it I’m cutting as much nonsense as I can from life. I still love comedy but it must be good.
Oh I hope he does a remake of one of the old classics, Fred Astaire movies are my comfort movies 🎥.. I would love to see him star in a remake of any of his movies.
I would too, but unless he’s a already a great dancer, he’s gonna need some serious training to pull of a Fred Astaire type musical.
Take to the stage, Chris. Do pre-Broadway at home in Boston at A.R.T (Waitresss, Jagged Little Pill, 1776 Revival, Finding Neverland) or the Colonial (Oklahoma, Porgy & Bess, Moulin Rouge, American Utopia, Queen of Versailles) so you can sing & dance your little heart out for weeks while contributing to the local economy and my sister will get me in for free.
he was cast as the dentist in the little shop of horrors remake. haven’t heard anything about it in a long time, so it must be DOA.