Anyone familiar with the post-credit scene of Marvel’s The Avengers may have noticed that there is a character in the happily munching shawarma table who is not eating. Because as it turned out, Captain America aka Chris Evans slightly limited in this scene.
No shawarma for Captain America – and here’s the (pretty funny) reason why
When it comes to intense chewing movements, Chris Evans was completely knocked out in this famous end credits scene. And for a very entertaining reason: the actor was forced to wear a prosthetic beard.
Screenrant explained the story behind it a few years ago. In view of his subsequent film project Snowpiercer, the actor should grow a beard. However, for his previous role in The Avengers, the newly acquired beard had to be hidden again.
In an interview with the Marvel Directors’ Roundtable, director Joss Whedon commented:
It was during… When we were doing press work in the hotel after the premiere. There was a shawarma shop about three blocks away. Kevin Feige sent everyone there. Evans had a beard. So they… He looked like Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy, like a huge jaw, and he just hid it like that [legt seine rechte Hand
über seinen Kiefer].
By the way, the beard prosthesis had some unpleasant side effects for Chris Evans During this time, not only had to refrain from eating, but also from laughing or speaking. This caused some amusement among his fellow actors.
For this reason, the actor had to endure one or two jokes from the Avengers cast and was overall not very happy in the shawarma scene.