- "Not Another Teen Movie" was released in 2001 and starred Chris Evans and Chyler Leigh as Jake Wyler and Janey Briggs, respectively.
- In the years since the parody film was released, Evans has gone on to become a Marvel star and Leigh landed a major role as Alex Danvers on The CW's "Supergirl."
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In December 2001, Chris Evans and Chyler Leigh starred in "Not Another Teen Movie," which spoofed popular '80s and '90s films about adolescents.
"NATM" centered on teenagers Jake Wyler (Evans) and Janey Briggs (Leigh) at John Hughes High School, a reference to the late filmmaker behind iconic movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Sixteen Candles."
The parody movie included cliches and themes from movies like "She's All That," "The Breakfast Club," "American Pie," and more. It also featured cameos from '80s and '90s stars like Melissa Joan Hart, Mr. T, and Paul Gleason from "The Breakfast Club."
Here's what the cast has been up to since "NATM" was released 19 years ago.
Chris Evans played Jake Wyler, the most popular guy at school.
Jake had his own designated parking spot in the school lot and his name was a play on Freddie Prinze Jr.'s Zack Siler from "She's All That."
Like Zack, Jake made a bet that he could turn the most "hopeless" girl at school into a prom queen. Naturally, he was crowned prom king at the event.
Chris Evans is now known for his role as Captain America/Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A few years after "NATM" was released, Evans made his debut as superhero Johnny Storm/Human Torch in the big screen franchise "Fantastic Four." He portrayed the flaming hothead character in two films released in 2005 and 2007.
Evans also starred in two movies with Scarlett Johansson, long before they became Marvel costars. They played teenagers attempting to steal answers to the SATs in 2004's "The Perfect Score" and portrayed love interests in 2007's "The Nanny Diaries."
Coincidentally Evans also crossed paths with another current MCU star — Brie Larson (Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers). The two appeared in 2010's "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," based on a graphic novel series.
"Captain America: The First Avenger," released in 2011, propelled Evans to a new level of fame. The actor previously admitted that he turned down two of Marvel's offers to play the superhero from Brooklyn because the character has no "real darkness." He accepted the role though and went on to star in several films as Captain America.
In 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," Captain America had a standout moment when he wielded Thor's hammer (which was hinted at in "Avengers: Age of Ultron"). He also finally got his happy ending with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) and passed his shield on to Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie).
With his Marvel days over, Evans has moved on to other projects. He starred in the 2019 whodunnit film "Knives Out," which was directed by Rian Johnson and received glowing reviews.
Evans currently stars on an eight-episode thriller called "Defending Jacob," which is based on a novel and was released on Apple TV Plus in April 2020.
He's reportedly set to star as the dentist in a film remake of the Broadway show "Little Shop of Horrors" with Billy Porter.
