The actors first met during a chemistry read for the movie. “I remember him saying to me, ‘You’re going to be one of my closest friends,'” she recalled. “I was just like, ‘Man, I f–king hope this isn’t a lie, because I’m going to be devastated if this guy isn’t my friend.'”

While Evans never made Slate feel that way, other people did—purposefully or not. “If you are a woman who really cares about her freedom, her rights, her sense of being an individual, it is confusing to go out with one of the most objectified people in the entire world,” she said, noting that random women would often approach her at places like CVS, “being like, ‘Oh my God, is that Chris Evans? He’s so hot!’ You’re like, ‘How dare you? That’s my boyfriend. But yes, he’s so hot.’ Of course, it didn’t help that in Hollywood, “I’m considered some sort of alternative option,” the Obvious Child star said, “even though I know I’m a majorly vibrant sexual being.”