Chris Evans Thinks Superhero Movies Will Continue To Surge

Steven Spielberg grabbed some headlines last week by declaring superhero movies would go the way of the westerns, but Chris Evans, who plays Captain America/Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, doesn’t agree. In fact, Evans sees no end in sight to the superhero craze and think it has room to grow.

“I certainly think that given the fact that technology has finally advanced, they’re always going to be looking for other films to match their technological accomplishments,” Evans told Collider while promoting his directorial debut Before We Go. “Any film that can incorporate these larger-than-life characters and fantastical locations and plots, the technology wants to prove they can do it so whether it’s superhero film or fantasy in general, that’s going to surge for a while.”

Evans then brings up an interesting point by bringing up the fact that non-comic book action heroes like Jason Bourne are just as super as anything Marvel is churning out.

“In terms of superhero in general, existing properties that we know and love, it’s going to be a matter of the tone they strike. You could look at Jason Bourne as a superhero,” Evans added. “You could take any superhero movie and if you ground it enough, if you make it real enough—that’s what I think [Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Joe and Anthony Russo] do really well. Certain superhero movies feel like superhero movies. Russo movies almost feel like human stories with a little bit of superhero sprinkled in. So you might get exhausted of the larger-than-life powers I suppose, but as long as the filmmakers keep on reinventing the flavor and the approach and the tone, audiences are going to still go.”

Listen to Evans’ comments in the video below.

Captain America: Civil War picks up where Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.

Captain America: Civil War opens in theaters May 6, 2016.