Chris Evans set to co-star with Emily Blunt in Netflix movie Pain Hustlers

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6 Jul 2022, 11:23

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Hollywood star Chris Evans is set to join Emily Blunt in new Netflix film Pain Hustlers with Harry Potter director David Yates on board to shoot next month.

According to Deadline, the actor will star with Blunt in the feature inspired by The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short which centres around Liza, a 'high school dropout trying to revive a struggling pharmaceutical start-up based in an ageing strip mall in Central Florida'.

Deadline revealed about Liza's (Blunt) character: "Her charm, guts and drive catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the centre of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences."

Evans' character details are yet to be divulged.

The star recently told Digital Spy about zipping into Lightyear's Space Ranger uniform: "At first, it was Captain America just because there were so many people who had an idea of the character and I thought jumping that hurdle would be tall enough. But now trying to fill these shoes is just as daunting."

On Anthony Mackie taking over as Captain America, Evans told Yahoo: "There's no one better to do it. I mean, he honest does it justice. I'm so proud of him. I can't wait to see what they do in the future with it. But if there's any tear shed [about the role], it's just for the sweet memories I had."

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