Chris EvansandAna de Armasare tired of trying to kill each other.
“We’re not adversarial.
“We don’t hate each other,” de Armas adds with a laugh.
Chris Evans in ‘Ghosted’.Courtesy of Apple
“It is refreshing.”
Their undeniable chemistry kicks off a whirlwind 24-hour date.
Cole believes he’s finally found the one.
Ana de Armas in ‘Ghosted’.Courtesy of Apple
But a dozen unanswered texts later, Cole realizes Sadie has totally ghosted him.
“It’s a shame,” Evans says.
Unfortunately, we did have to blow that reveal in terms of promoting the film.”
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in ‘Ghosted’.
“It felt very re-watchable, movies that I just don’t see enough of right now.”
The biggest draw for him, however, was not playing the hero for once.
“He’s incapable,” Evans says, laughing as he describes his role.
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in ‘Ghosted’.
“I wasn’t the one throwing the punches.
I was the one getting punched, which was really nice!”
“He’s a hero of romance, but he’s not the hero of action.
Chris Evans and director Dexter Fletcher on the set of ‘Ghosted’.
She’s the hero of action,” Fletcher says.
And the fact that that puppy was Chris Evans was even funnier."
“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” she continues.
Chris Evans and Adrien Brody in ‘Ghosted’.Courtesy of Apple
“I don’t mean only in the movie screen time, but also preparing for it.
I had to carry, for the most part, all the big stunts, which was very exciting.
It was a big responsibility.
Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in ‘Ghosted’.Courtesy of Apple
And even though this is a comedy, I wanted it to look legit.
I was not going to settle for a so-so take.
That was very exhausting but very rewarding work.”
She’s been doing her training.'"
But no amount of training prepared her for the hardest part of being an action star.
“You know what’s difficult for me?
To hold up a gun,” she admits.
“I cannot do it.”
“Itishard,” Evans agrees with a laugh.
“It’s incredibly heavy!”
“It’s horrible.
That was my struggle, to be honest.
It was either up or down, but never straight.
It was no good.”
The man on the other end of that gun?
Meet vicious black market arms dealer Leveque, played by Oscar winnerAdrien Brody.
Let’s see if he wants to do it.'"
“It was a breath of fresh air.
I do revel in playing a bad guy.
There’s something really liberating in playing the nemesis it’s freeing.
“I got a bruise that wasthis big !”
Now Evans is fighting back laughs as he adds, “It was crazy!
I mean, that’s Adrien.
He always takes big swings.”
“I just had some real specific thoughts on the character,” Brody explains.
[He’s] both funny and scary and I would probably say more scary.”
“From lovers to enemies to lovers, that’s the real fun journey,” Evans says.
“It’s very Han Solo-Princess Leia.
While they’re arguing, they’re flirting.
I love that part, the rhythm of it; the dance is what makes it so charming.”
Adds de Armas: “They don’t have the time to actually get to know each other slowly.
Everything is really rushed in a very extreme situation.
Of course they’re going to fight.”
Can you punch and kick?
Turns out, you’ve got the option to’t," says Evans.
“It’s a beautiful concept, great idea;verytough when it comes to filmmaking.”
But gravitational pull wasn’t the only difficulty de Armas faced filming that sequence.
“I sneeze and I bruise, so by the end, truly, the damage was serious.
A few injuries, bruises everywhere.
So when we had to do the restaurant scene and I was in that dress… “But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Evans pretends to get offended as he adds, “No one felt bad for my bruise!
But I’ll keep complaining about it.”
While they aren’t truly complaining, they might be done with taking punches for a while.
“More rom-coms, yes.
More action, I don’t know,” de Armas says.
An even more demanding action movie.
I can’t believe that.”
“No more action for me!”
de Armas exclaims as they both laugh.
“I was just saying yesterday, I just want to play like a librarian or chef.”
“Someone in an office,” Evans suggests.
He also has an idea for what their fourth movie together should be: “Musical.
I’m going to drag her into one.”
Is this a bad time to let them know dancers get bruises too?
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