TORONTO – Chris Evans isn’t half-bad as a director, it turns out. His feature debut, Before We Go, is about exactly that.
There is a growing discontent among Hollywood’s A-list actors to just be A-list actors, for reasons that don’t compute for us mortals: They travel the world pretending to be our heroes, make enough money to work only occasionally and, as certified Beautiful People, have a license to date and mate among themselves. Shouldn't that be enough?
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Maybe the Alpha wiring that got them there in the first place inevitably leads to the need to be in charge, because it sure seems a good many of today’s top-billed — Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Affleck and James Franco just to name-drop a few — are dogging second careers as writers, producers and directors. Read more...
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Chris Evans Premieres 'Before We Go': Decent Directing Debut, DOA Story
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