Three years after expressing his desire to star in a musical, Chris Evans is rumored to be about to play the late, great Gene Kelly in a movie based on his own concept.
The 40-year-old MCU action star will reteam with his Knives Out director Rian Johnson to co-produce the untitled flick alongside Ram Bergman, Mark Kassen, and John Logan - according to Deadline.
There is no studio attached to the film, which centers on a 12-year-old boy working at the MGM Lot in 1952 and having an imaginary friendship with the Oscar-nominated triple threat.
Similar eyebrows! Three years after expressing his desire to star in a musical, Chris Evans (L) is rumored to be about to play the late, great Gene Kelly (R) in a movie based on his own concept
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was, in fact, the studio behind both of the silver screen legend's films released in 1952 - Singin' in the Rain and The Devil Makes Three.
Turns out, Chris has tap-danced to work through his anxiety ever since his former pro dancer mother Lisa installed a tap floor in the basement of their Boston house.
'I want to do a musical so badly, man. Someone told me they're [remaking] Little Shop of Horrors and I was like, "Oh, can I be down? Please? Can I be the dentist?"' Evans told THR in 2019.
'When I first came out here, early 2000s, there were rumblings about Spielberg maybe doing West Side Story. That's one of my favorite musicals. I did it when I was in high school. And obviously he's doing it now, and I called my team and they were like, Chris - maybe [Officer] Krupke. You can't. You're too old. It's so hard to hear.'
Team assembled: The 40-year-old MCU action star (L) will reteam with his Knives Out director Rian Johnson (R)
