However, the success of that movie proved lucrative for Evans in the long run.

“I was scared,” he said, according toShowbiz Cheat Sheet.

“There are parts of me that have a little bit of social anxiety with this industry.

Chris Evans at event

When you have a giant contract, if all of a sudden you’re not responding well?

Too bad, you’ve got to suit up again.

That was scary.”

Chris Evans at event

As it turns out, that commitment made Evans a very wealthy man, despite his initial payout.

Not too shabby for a performer making little-known films just a decade earlier.