In April 2023, director Dexter Fletcher’s Action/Romance film Ghosted was released on Apple TV+. Although the film received negative reviews from critics, it managed to attract a large amount of audience who tuned in to watch the movie on the first day. The film features Hollywood stars, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.
We’ve all seen Chris Evans saving the world from threats, but in this movie, Evans needed the saving. Ana de Armas stole the limelight with her role as a secret agent named Sadie Rhodes, who goes on a mission to save the world alongside Cole (Chris Evans).
Chris Evans needed the saving this time
In 2023’s Ghosted, fans got to see actor Chris Evans playing an entirely different role from what fans are familiar with. In the movie, Evans plays Cole, a hopeless romantic who gets involved in a secret mission after he hunts for the woman who “ghosted” him, Sadie Rhodes, played by Ana de Armas. It was quite exciting to see that Chris Evans needed the saving this time. At the New York premiere of the movie, Evans told Variety,
“It was great. I mean, we’ve all seen Ana be bad**s; she was so good in [No Time to Die]. It was nice to be the damsel in distress. It was nice to need saving – primarily because I didn’t have to sweat during the action sequences.”
For many years, Evans has performed many exhausting stunts during his time as Captain America / Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it was relaxing for the actor to be the “damsel in distress” this time.
This was Ana de Armas and Chris Evans’ third movie together
Ana de Armas and Chris Evans have worked together in three movies so far, Knives Out (2019), The Gray Man (2022), and Ghosted (2023). Further in the interview, Evans stated that Armas was the perfect partner,
“The beauty of the movie is that even though there is a love interest in the beginning, most of the movie is this kind of Han Solo, Princess Leia friction, which is ostensibly just flirting. But again, most of the movie is an argument, and that’s fun because Ana’s really funny, really versatile, really open to improvisation. She was a perfect scene partner for this type of dynamic.”
Armas added that the dynamic they had in the movie was very much like the dynamic they have in real life as friends.
Ghosted received mixed reviews from the critics
Many critics pointed out the movie lacked a solid plot. Despite the solid chemistry between Armas and Evans in real life, critics pointed out that it felt weak in the movie. The story was also labeled as predictable, however, it was exciting to see Evans take up a different role.
The film was released in select theatres before its release on Apple TV+ on 21 April 2023. The film was made on a budget of $40 million and the stars took a hefty salary for their roles. As per sources, Evans earned $10 million while Armas earned $2 million. The movie also features some other Hollywood stars like Adrien Brody, Amy Sedaris, Tate Donovan, Tim Blake Nelson, Lizze Broadway, Mike Moh, Mustafa Shakir, Marwan Kenzari, Anna Deavere Smith, and Tiya Sircar.
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