Even Taika Waititi, who’s everywhere right now, can have his own moments of insatiable fandom when it comes to The Avengers cast. This realization arrives, of course, a few years after he directed Thor: Ragnarok. In the process, he inarguably resurrected that franchise, and as it turns out — and despite appearing in everything these days including Endgame, The Mandalorian, and his self-directed Hitler satire, Jojo Rabbit — Waititi can’t suppress his giddiness at the sight of a certain Avenger. That would be America’s Ass Chris Evans, who Waititi recently ran into at TIFF.
By “ran into,” I mean that Waititi (while promoting Jojo at the festival) spotted the now-former Captain America during his press duties for Rian Johnson’s Knives Out. And like any proud nerd, he ended up wreaking havoc on a photoshoot set in his haste to embrace Evans. Waititi wasn’t even embarrassed and posted the moment to Instagram. “I destroyed the #KnivesOutMovie interview set trying to give #ChrisEvans a cuddle,” he wrote. “I wasn’t even drunk.ish.”
As for Evans, he looked equally pleased and later expressed his mutual delight. “Highlight of the weekend,” Evans tweeted. “Maybe the entire year.”
https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1175488455033479168
Naturally, the top response on Evans’ thread comes from a fellow gent in a tight costume. That would be Ryan Reynolds, a.k.a. Deadpool, who joked, “I miss those old Kool-Aid commercials too.” Nailed it.
I miss those old Kool-Aid commercials too.
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) September 21, 2019
