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‘Gifted’ unites Chris Evans

with a new young leading lady

SANDY COHEN soul maturity. dance.
AP Entertainment Writer “She might as well have an “I’m looking to tap dance
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris apartment,” he said. “I’m in a movie,” the actor said.
Evans glows around his telling you, I’ve met lesser “I want to find one! Maybe
new leading lady, who pros in adults.” a nice Gene Kelly biopic.”
makes no secret of her ex- The 10-year-old actress — “He can sing and he can
citement at hanging out also a regular on TV’s “Des- tap dance,” Mckenna de-
with Captain America. She ignated Survivor” — is the clared, putting a point on
In this March 23, 2017 photo, Chris Evans, left, and McKenna gushingly talks up his talents kind of professional who the subject like a manager
Grace, cast members in the film “Gifted,” pose for a portrait at (“He can tap dance!”), yet asks if she can bring her might.
the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. Evans stars as a single is just as quick to keep him stuffed seal along while The two did a lot of singing
guy raising his math-prodigy niece, played by Grace. honest when he says some- promoting her new film. on set between takes, she
Associated Press thing questionable. She also has a plush cat said — mostly 1990s pop-
She also travels with a se- with her at this interview, rock.
lection of stuffed animals, noting she’s allergic to real “Her dad grew up listen-
including a plush seal in a cats. ing to the Presidents of the
pink dress. Mckenna says she isn’t a United States of America, a
Evans’ latest co-star is math whiz like her charac- band back in the ‘90s,” Ev-
10-year-old actress Mcken- ter in “Gifted.” Instead, she ans said, “so we would sing
na Grace. They star togeth- feels like she’s gifted with a ‘Peaches’ a lot, which was
er in “Gifted ,” a family dra- great family and amazing one of their better songs.”
ma opening Friday about lifestyle. Looking at Mckenna
an unassuming single guy “This experience is so won- warmly, he added: “She
raising his math-prodigy derful and it makes me couldn’t actually hear all of
niece, determined not to so thankful for my life. I’m their songs because some
let her brilliance interfere gifted that I have my fam- of their songs have bad
with her childhood. ily here to support me and words.”
Though Evans is an uncle in that I’m here right now with Mckenna said she and her
real life (his eldest sister has Chris,” she said, adding, dad also love watching
three kids, ages 3, 5 and “Well, every job could be Marvel movies together,
7), he says he bonded in my last, you know?” so she already knew about
a different way with Mck- As for Evans’ gifts? Mcken- Captain America before
enna: as colleagues. Evans na’s got that covered, too. working with Evans.
and “Gifted” director Marc “He has lots of secret tal- “He’s so much more than
Webb (“The Amazing Spi- ents,” she said. “He can tap Captain America,” she
der-Man”) saw dozens of dance! Though he still has said. “’Civil War’ is always
girls read for the role, and not tap danced for me.” (playing) on the plane.
Mckenna stood out with Evans sheepishly admits And I look at it and I’m like,
her childlike charm yet old- that yes, he does tap ‘Hey, I know him!’”q
Olivia Wilde to make her

Broadway debut in play of ‘1984’

MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A new stage adaptation
of George Orwell’s chilling dystopic novel
“1984” will star Olivia Wilde, making her
Broadway debut.
Producers Sonia Friedman and Scott Ru-
din said Monday that the play will also star
Tom Sturridge and Tony Award-winner Reed
Birney. It will begin performances in May at
the Hudson Theatre.
First published in 1949, Orwell’s classic tale
of a society run by Big Brother in which facts
are distorted and suppressed in a cloud of
“newspeak” has topped the Amazon.com
best-seller lists. The play version was created
by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan and
was nominated for an Olivier Award.
Wilde’s film credits include the Academy
Award-winning drama “Her,” the Golden
Globe Award-nominated “Rush” and the In this Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016, file photo, Ol-
indie comedy “Drinking Buddies.” She also ivia Wilde arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby
starred in HBO’s rock ‘n’ roll drama “Vinyl.”q Theatre in Los Angeles.
Associated Press