--- title: 2019 Oscars: Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs description: Chris Evans helped Regina King to the stage at the 91st Academy Awards — and melted the hearts of viewers everywhere. canonical: https://time.com/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-25T02:05:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:39.602Z og:title: Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs at the 91st Academy Awards og:description: Chris Evans helped Regina King to the stage at the 91st Academy Awards — and melted the hearts of viewers everywhere. og:url: https://time.com/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296f72769e186bea/698945bf4ee262b244314134/chris-evans-regina-king.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Chris Evans and Regina King at the Oscars 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs at the 91st Academy Awards twitter:description: Chris Evans helped Regina King to the stage at the 91st Academy Awards — and melted the hearts of viewers everywhere. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296f72769e186bea/698945bf4ee262b244314134/chris-evans-regina-king.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs at the 2019 Oscars, Raises the Bar for Men Everywhere by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 25, 2019 2:05 AM UTC  Getty Images (2) by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 25, 2019 2:05 AM UTC Chris Evans showed chivalry is indeed alive when he launched into full Captain America mode to help Regina King to the stage at the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5517545/everything-to-know-2019-oscars/). [King won the first award of the night](http://time.com/5534976/oscars-2019-winners/), taking home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in _If Beale Street Could Talk_. As King made her way to the stage, her dress appeared to tangle with her shoes. Evans, who was already standing to applaud her, gamely offered his arm and escorted her the rest of the way. > [](https://twitter.com/MandiBierly/status/1099842371414577152) The gesture won the hearts of fans everywhere. > [](https://twitter.com/iHarshalWatts/status/1099849150328459265) > [](https://twitter.com/shaynesummerday/status/1099850774417272834) > [](https://twitter.com/KylaKillackey/status/1099850762446749697) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/"},"headline":"Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs at the 2019 Oscars, Raises the Bar for Men Everywhere","datePublished":"2019-02-25T02:05:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:39.602Z","description":"Chris Evans helped Regina King to the stage at the 91st Academy Awards — and melted the hearts of viewers everywhere.","url":"https://time.com/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296f72769e186bea/698945bf4ee262b244314134/chris-evans-regina-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt296f72769e186bea/698945bf4ee262b244314134/chris-evans-regina-king.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Evans and Regina King at the Oscars 2019","caption":"Chris Evans and Regina King at the Oscars 2019","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5536425/chris-evans-regina-king-oscars-2019/","name":"Chris Evans Helps Regina King Up the Stairs at the 2019 Oscars, Raises the Bar for Men Everywhere"}}]}] ```