"I was so excited," he exclusively tells Entertainment Weekly on the car ride back to the airport following the panel. The actor confirms it was Deadpool star, producer, and co-writer Ryan Reynolds who called him up personally. "Ryan's a buddy," Evans says. "He just shot me a text saying, 'Listen, might be a long shot, but would you have any interest in reprising something from 20 years ago?' I said, 'Oh my God! Of course.'"
"Honestly, Ryan might be the only guy that I would've done it for because he's just got the Midas touch," he continues. "His self-awareness makes him almost invincible. He makes the joke before the audience gets a chance to make the joke, so if you're going to revisit a character and you have to find a way to make it work, Ryan's humor makes just about everything work, so you feel an automatic sense of safety."