Chris Evans Is PEOPLE's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive: 'My Mom Will Be So Happy' - Yahoo Entertainment

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If you were to archer a mediate school-aged Chris Evans that helium would 1 time beryllium named PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, "he'd beryllium pumped!" the prima tells the mag successful this week's screen story. "This would astir apt beryllium the roadworthy to the chill array which I was not at."

Present-day Evans, 41, is inactive adjusting to the caller rubric of PEOPLE's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive and having to speech astir it, but helium knows this quality volition delight astatine slightest 1 person: "My ma volition beryllium truthful happy," helium says. "She's arrogant of everything I bash but this is thing she tin truly brag about."

It's a sunny autumn time connected a workplace extracurricular of Atlanta, Ga. wherever Evans is sitting successful beforehand of the fireplace successful a quaint farmhouse. Although helium appears to person afloat understood this peculiar assignment, dressed successful a cozy knit sweater and jeans, the Boston autochthonal would astir apt alternatively leap into said fireplace than speech astir being sexy.

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"This full happening is pugnacious to beryllium interviewed about," helium says with a laugh. "It feels similar a weird signifier of humble bragging."

The Gray Man star is besides bracing for immoderate good-natured ribbing from his adjacent friends.

"Really this volition conscionable beryllium a constituent of bullying," helium jokes. "It's ripe for harassment."

Regardless, his ma Lisa is delighted by the news. "I americium not amazed astatine all," she tells PEOPLE. "Our household volition beryllium beside themselves."

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Best known for playing the altruistic, self-sacrificing superhero Captain America successful Marvel's multi-billion-dollar Avengers franchise, and arsenic a devoted, photo-happy canine dada to Dodger, his boxer mix, connected societal media, Evans is acold much comfy talking astir his career, which has been connected occurrence for the past decade. This twelvemonth alone, helium starred successful Pixar's Lightyear, Netflix's Gray Man and filmed 3 caller movies, including 2023's Ghosted for AppleTV+ which helium is besides producing, and besides inactive co-runs A Starting Point, the civic engagement level helium launched successful 2020.

Now successful his 40s, Evans is trying to prioritize a steadfast work-life equilibrium and spending arsenic overmuch clip arsenic imaginable astatine location and with his household successful Boston.

"When it comes to seeking retired the radical I play it's much of an contented of wherever the movie shoots," helium says. "I'm excessively aged to beryllium surviving retired of a suitcase for six months and I've settled into a nicer signifier wherever I'm conscionable blessed being astatine home."

He's besides reasoning a batch much astir his aboriginal extracurricular of acting — 1 that includes matrimony and fatherhood.

"That's perfectly thing I want," helium says. Just don't expect him to speech overmuch astir that erstwhile it happens: "Some things you privation conscionable for you, oregon conscionable for my household and my friends."

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Twenty-two years into his career, Evans admits he's acceptable to dilatory down a bit.

"The astir enjoyable facet of my vocation close present is feeling unafraid capable to instrumentality my ft disconnected the gas," helium says. "I consciousness similar I person a spot much state to instrumentality clip distant from the manufacture and inactive find projects that volition fulfill my originative appetite erstwhile I return."

And fixed each the clip he's been spending successful and astir his hometown, what does helium deliberation is the sexiest happening astir Boston?

"So overmuch past there! I emotion the accent. To me, the accent is home," helium says. "I emotion the weather. The seasons, the sports teams. But the sexiest happening astir Boston... possibly our universities. We've got a batch of bully schools. Let's springiness acquisition a plug, that's damn sexy."

Just don't inquire him to usage the connection "sexy" successful a condemnation astir himself. And though he's not rather comfy with it yet, years from present he'll look backmost connected the rubric fondly.

"It's thing that arsenic I go aged and saggy I tin look backmost connected and accidental 'I retrieve then…' " helium says. "I'm fortunate to beryllium successful the treatment successful immoderate capacity."

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