Chris Evans says he was scared to play the role of Captain America

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Evans passed on the superhero role "a few times" and told popular TV host Jimmy Kimmel last year that he was "scared" of being a part of a massive franchise, reports aceshowbiz.com.

It has come out that it was Evans's mother Lisa, who convinced him to take up the career-making role. Lisa told Esquire magazine that Evans feared the pressures of fame. "His biggest fear was losing his anonymity.

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'," she said. "I said to him, 'Look, you want to do acting work for the rest of your life?