--- title: Chris Evans on April Fools' Prank That Made Him Cry VIDEO description: Chris Evans may play one of the toughest superheroes ever, but even he's not immune to getting fooled by a good prank. canonical: https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T16:14:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:30.808Z og:title: Let Chris Evans Explain the Brutal Prank That Made Him Cry og:description: His parents pulled it on him og:url: https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Let Chris Evans Explain the Brutal Prank That Made Him Cry twitter:description: His parents pulled it on him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Chris Evans Tell the Story of the April Fools' Prank That Made Him Cry  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 4, 2017 4:14 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 4, 2017 4:14 PM UTC [Chris Evans](http://time.com/4702550/chris-evans-on-trump/) may play one of the [toughest superheroes ever](http://time.com/4468644/captain-america-avengers-infinity-war-new-identity/), but even he’s not immune to getting conned by a good [April Fools’ prank](http://time.com/4718246/april-fools-day-funniest-viral-pranks/). During a Monday appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the _Captain America_ actor relayed the story of the time his parents pulled a fast one on him and his siblings by telling them the family was moving to London. “You tell the story so many times you think it’s funny. But the more you tell it, the more you’re like this is really messed up,” he said. “We started bawling. Everyone was crying at dinner. And they kept it going the whole dinner — probably for at least an hour.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Watch Chris Evans Tell the Story of the April Fools' Prank That Made Him Cry","datePublished":"2017-04-04T16:14:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:30.808Z","description":"It was pulled on him by his parents","url":"https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Chris Evans","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4724585/chris-evans-april-fools-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Watch Chris Evans Tell the Story of the April Fools' Prank That Made Him Cry"}}]}] ```