AccordingtoPeoplemagazine,actorChrisEvansistheSexiestManAlive.
“Mymotherwillbeoverjoyed,”EvanstoldPeopleforitscoverstory,whichwillbeavailableonnewsstandsonFriday.
“SheisproudofeverythingIdo,butthisissomethingshecanreallybeproudof.”
Evanssucceedsfellow“Avengers”actorPaulRudd.
RyanReynoldsandChrisHemswortharetwoothersuperheromoviestarswhohavebeenhonouredasrecipients.
MusiciansJohnLegendandAdamLevine,actorsDwayneJohnson,IdrisElba,RichardGere,andChanningTatum,andsoccerplayerDavidBeckhamhaveallpreviouslybeenhonoured.
Inaninterview,Evansjoked,“Really,thiswilljustbeapointofbullying.”
“It’sprimeterritoryforharassment.”
HeplayedCaptainAmericaintenMarvelfilmsbeforedepartingthefranchisewiththe2019releaseof“Avengers:Endgame.”
EvansalsoplayedBuzzLightyearinPixar’s“Lightyear,”andasadisticassassinattemptingtomurderReynoldsinNextflix’s“TheGrayMan,”bothofwhichwerereleasedin2022.
Evansmadehisfilmdebutinthe2000film“TheNewcomers,”andheplayedsuperheroJohnnyStormintwo“FantasticFour”filmsreleasedin2005and2007.
Andhispopularityskyrocketedafterheappearedin“CaptainAmerica:TheFirstAvenger”in2011.
EvanstoldPeoplethatheisconsideringmarriageandstartingafamily,adding,“That’sabsolutelysomethingIwant.”
Hesaidhedidn’texpecttotalkmuchabouthispersonallifeinpublic.
“Somethingsyouwantforyourself,orformyfamilyandfriends.”
TheactorstatedthathebelievestheSexiestManAliveawardwillbeawatershedmomentinhiscareer.
“It’ssomethingIcanlookbackonwhenI’moldandsaggyandsay,‘Irememberthen,'”Evanssaid.
“Iconsidermyselffortunatetobeinvolvedinthediscussioninanycapacity,”headded.