Can Chris Evans Return In The Gray Man 2?
Warning: SPOILERS forThe Gray Man
Can Chris Evans return as the villainous Lloyd Hansen in The Gray Man 2? Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, The Gray Man is based upon the popular series of novels by Mark Greaney. The Gray Man centers on Sierra Six (Ryan Gosling before his casting as Ken in Barbie), the titular character who is an elite CIA operative with preternatural skills as a secret agent. But when Six uncovers evidence of corruption that leads all the way to the agency's chief, Denny Carmichael (Regé-Jean Page from Bridgerton), he goes on the run and is hunted by Hansen, Carmichael's mustachioed and sociopathic hired gun.
The Russo Brothers began working on The Gray Man while they were in production on Captain America: The Winter Soldier. In Evans, the Russos found the perfect person to play the remorseless Lloyd Hansen because the character is the polar opposite of the noble Steve Rogers. Yet the directors saw that the level of physical and emotional control Chris exhibited as Captain America could be unleashed if he playedThe Gray Man's main antagonist. Of course, Evans has played immoral characters before, such as in Knives Out, but Lloyd Hansen allowed the actor free range to indulge his darkest impulses and portray a character who had no moral or ethical limits. In The Gray Man, Lloyd runs his own shadow company of operatives and accepts secret contract work from Denny Carmichael and the CIA to do jobs for the agency that Carmichael can disavow — such as hunt Sierra Six and retrieve the asset containing proof of Carmichael's dirty deeds.
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Lloyd Hansen's rivalry with Sierra Six results in the two of them going mano-e-mano, with the Gray Man coming out on top. Both
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