Chris Evans took over a Somerville comic shop for a hilarious prank
It was part of the Sudbury native's efforts to raise money for a local charity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Up20_cLdVQ
Thanks to his role as Captain America in the Marvel film series, many comic book aficionados are big fans of Sudbury native Chris Evans. So when Evans wanted to raise awareness for the charity Christopher’s Haven, which offers temporary homes for children receiving treatment for cancer at Boston hospitals, he enlisted the help of a local comic shop in making a prank video starring some unsuspecting customers.
Evans masterminded an escape room-style adventure at Comicazi in Somerville’s Davis Square. Communicating via a microphone placed in a Captain America doll, Evans led three groups of shoppers through an elaborate set of clues, at one point forcing them to don masks and goggles and ask passersby on Highland Avenue if they were Hydra operatives.
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The adventure concluded with the unwitting participants descending into a pitch-black basement, where Evans was waiting to surprise them.
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Evans shot the video to promote a charity-based contest currently running on fundraising platform Omaze, the same company that teamed up with Ben Affleck, Tom Brady, and Matt Damon in September. The winner of the Sudbury native’s contest will get to bring three friends to team up with Evans to solve a custom escape the room puzzle. A minimum $10 donation to Christopher’s Haven earns you 100 entries into the contest, with larger donations getting you more entries and additional perks like a T-shirt or an autographed Captain America: Civil War DVD.
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