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Monday night on Stephen ColbertB次元官网网址檚 late night show and on the magazineB次元官网网址檚 website. Evans, who for nearly a decade played Captain America in MarvelB次元官网网址檚 sprawling superhero films, takes the baton from another Avenger, .

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Among those likely to heckle him are co-stars and previous Sexiest Man Alive winners like Rudd, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Hemsworth. (Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel films, was the first Avenger to win PeopleB次元官网网址檚 annual honor, which was first handed out to Mel Gibson in 1985.)

Other past honorees include John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.

People interviewed Evans, 41, at a Georgia farmhouse, where the actor talked about finding a better work-life balance. B次元官网网址淭he most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas,B次元官网网址� he said.

EvansB次元官网网址� first film role came in 2000B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he New ComersB次元官网网址� and he played superhero Johnny Storm in two B次元官网网址淔antastic FourB次元官网网址� films released in 2005 and 2007. But he gained widespread fame in 2011 with the release of B次元官网网址淐aptain America: The First Avenger.B次元官网网址�

Since then, heB次元官网网址檚 played the wholesome superhero in 10 Marvel films, laying down his shield after saving the universe in B次元官网网址淎vengers: EndgameB次元官网网址� in 2019.

Evans has become a highly bankable star, voicing the Buzz Lightyear character in PixarB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淟ightyearB次元官网网址� film and playing a sadistic assassin trying to kill Reynolds in NextflixB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭he Gray ManB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� both released this year.

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The Boston native also continues his involvement with the civic engagement site A Starting Point, which he .

As Evans charts the next part of his life and career, he fully expects PeopleB次元官网网址檚 honor will be a milestone.

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