美国队长Chris Evans正在积极从政
Actor, director, and producer Chris Evans, best known for playing Captain America in Marvel films, has launched A Starting Point, a civic engagement platform that aims to connect lawmakers—from both major parties—with communities via video segments and other content. Serious question: Who in Congress has not yet met Chris Evans? Every time you turned around before the pandemic, it seemed like Captain America was roaming Capitol Hill. The actor played the Marvel superhero in "Avengers: Endgame" and a string of other movies, and then kept showing up in Washington. No matter how many times he came, he set off a minor frenzy. "It's not every day you get to see Captain America in America's capital," tweeted Rep. Debbie Lesko this winter, except it felt like the opposite. He was there in February, chatting up everyone from Sen. Chuck Grassley to Sen. Bob Menendez. He was there in January, running a gauntlet of star-struck reporters as he tried to go to the bathroom. He was there the previous winter too, rubbing elbows with Rep. Rosa DeLauro (who wore a helmet with a giant "A" on it), palling around with Rep. Dan Crenshaw (who showed off a glass eye inspired by the superhero's red, white and blue shield), and distracting members of the Senate Foreign Relations committee (who heard rumors that Evans was just outside the room). So when his face popped up again last week, it wasn't a surprise. This time he appeared in virtual form, on a Zoom video call with the Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of lawmakers. They wanted to know more about the launch of "A Starting Point," his latest project and the whole reason he's been hanging around so much. |