Is one widely-panned romantic action comedy enough to prove that a popular star’s career is on the skids? If you’re one of the many people who instantly detested Chris Evans and Ana de Armas’ Ghosted with a passion, then the answer is probably yes.
It’s not the worst movie in the world, but it does stand a decent chance at being the most formulaic. Everything that you think is going to happen definitely does happen in exactly the ways you expect it to happen, all while two leads who’d previously generated plenty of chemistry in the past decide that they’re not interested in creating so much as a solitary spark.
Having recently referenced his Marvel Cinematic Universe career in both Free Guy and Ghosted, there are folks out there who believe Evans is in danger of becoming a walking punchline that coasts by on his handsome looks and natural charisma at the expense of taking big swings and tackling risky projects, but is it a stretch to suggest so?
The answer is “yes, probably,” when he was the easy standout of the otherwise forgettable The Gray Man, which proved that he can still steal the show in a bad film. Ghosted might not be remembered by anybody this time next month, but it still feels wildly premature to declare that the end is nigh for the former Steve Rogers, unless of course he keeps on racking up duds by the bucketload.
On the plus side, if things do end up going continuously south, Marvel would no doubt welcome him back with open arms.