In an interview with Esquire earlier this year, Evans' mom Lisa Evans shared that she had to convince him to take the role of Captain America.
When he turned Marvel down at first, he said it was because he didn't want to become "can't-go-outside famous."
"His biggest fear was losing his anonymity," Lisa recalled. "He said, 'I have a career now where I can do work I really like. I can walk my dog. Nobody bothers me. Nobody wants to talk to me. I can go wherever I want. And the idea of losing that is terrifying to me.'"
However, she eventually talked him into taking the role.
"I said to him, 'Look, you want to do acting work for the rest of your life? If you do this part, you will have the opportunity,'" she said.