{"id":96722,"date":"2017-04-03T23:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T03:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=96722"},"modified":"2017-04-03T23:33:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T03:33:32","slug":"gifted-unites-chris-evans-with-a-new-young-leading-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/03\/gifted-unites-chris-evans-with-a-new-young-leading-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gifted’ unites Chris Evans with a new young leading lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chris Evans glows around his new leading lady, who makes no secret of her excitement at hanging out with Captain America. She gushingly talks up his talents (\u201cHe can tap dance!\u201d), yet is just as quick to keep him honest when he says something questionable. (Photo: Chris Evans\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Chris Evans glows around his new leading lady, who makes no secret of her excitement at hanging out with Captain America. She gushingly talks up his talents (\u201cHe can tap dance!\u201d), yet is just as quick to keep him honest when he says something questionable.<\/p>\n

She also travels with a selection of stuffed animals, including a plush seal in a pink dress.<\/p>\n

Evans’ latest co-star is 10-year-old actress Mckenna Grace. They star together in \u201cGifted ,\u201d a family drama opening Friday about an unassuming single guy raising his math-prodigy niece, determined not to let her brilliance interfere with her childhood.<\/p>\n

Though Evans is an uncle in real life (his eldest sister has three kids, ages 3, 5 and 7), he says he bonded in a different way with Mckenna: as colleagues. Evans and \u201cGifted\u201d director Marc Webb (\u201cThe Amazing Spider-Man\u201d) saw dozens of girls read for the role, and Mckenna stood out with her childlike charm yet old-soul maturity.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe might as well have an apartment,\u201d he said. \u201cI’m telling you, I’ve met lesser pros in adults.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 10-year-old actress \u2014 also a regular on TV’s \u201cDesignated Survivor\u201d \u2014 is the kind of professional who asks if she can bring her stuffed seal along while promoting her new film. She also has a plush cat with her at this interview, noting she’s allergic to real cats.<\/p>\n

Mckenna says she isn’t a math whiz like her character in \u201cGifted.\u201d Instead, she feels like she’s gifted with a great family and amazing lifestyle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis experience is so wonderful and it makes me so thankful for my life. I’m gifted that I have my family here to support me and that I’m here right now with Chris,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cWell, every job could be my last, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Evans’ gifts? Mckenna’s got that covered, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has lots of secret talents,\u201d she said. \u201cHe can tap dance! Though he still has not tap danced for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Evans sheepishly admits that yes, he does tap dance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m looking to tap dance in a movie,\u201d the actor said. \u201cI want to find one! Maybe a nice Gene Kelly biopic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can sing and he can tap dance,\u201d Mckenna declared, putting a point on the subject like a manager might.<\/p>\n

The two did a lot of singing on set between takes, she said \u2014 mostly 1990s pop-rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer dad grew up listening to the Presidents of the United States of America, a band back in the ’90s,\u201d Evans said, \u201cso we would sing ‘Peaches’ a lot, which was one of their better songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking at Mckenna warmly, he added: \u201cShe couldn’t actually hear all of their songs because some of their songs have bad words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mckenna said she and her dad also love watching Marvel movies together, so she already knew about Captain America before working with Evans.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s so much more than Captain America,\u201d she said. \u201c’Civil War’ is always (playing) on the plane. And I look at it and I’m like, ‘Hey, I know him!\u201d’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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