“When I read the script for the first time, I didn’t understand everything”: Chris Evans did not immediately understand the issues of this famous sci-fi film

Even if we especially remember his unforgettable interpretation of Captain America in the many feature films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, actor Chris Evans was not satisfied with playing the shield bearer of the Avengers, far from it!

On the sci-fi side, in addition to Danny Boyle’s more intimate Sunshine (which he considers one of his best films), Evans also starred in Snowpiercer, Le Transperceneige. Inspired by French comics and directed by the famous Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, also known for his famous Parasite, this little sci-fi classic, which was later adapted into a TV series, is set in a world covered in ice. 2031 year.

In this post-apocalyptic world, a train populated by the last survivors of humanity is condemned to circle the Earth without stopping. A true society in itself, this motorcade reserves the leading carriages for the aristocrats, who never lack for anything, and the last carriages for the working classes, who live in miserable conditions.

Inventive and original, but atypical and sometimes even disturbing, the plot of this feature film surprised Chris Evans himself, who played one of the proletarians on the train who tried to rebel.

“I read the script for the first time, I didn’t understand everything”He recently trusted the microphone GQExplains that for every film like Snowpiercer that develops a new setting, you have to make an effort to stick to the concept.

“In a way, you have to decide which part of your brain you want to spend time on (…). Are you going to explore a more intimate path and focus mostly on character? Or are you going to focus on how this company was able to thrive in this location? It’s a challenge, but you just have to watch Tilda Swinton in the film, see how she approaches this extraordinary character.

In Snowpiercer, Tilda Swinton, who is unrecognizable, plays the evil counselor Mason, who is responsible for the caboose rebellion.

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