Chris Evans is launching a political website with some help from Congress

A video of actor Chris Evans asking members of US Congress to participate in his to-be-launched political website leaked to CNN, spoiling the breadth of his formerly secret project.

As reported by CNN, the video shows Evans meeting with congresspeople, including Senators Cory Booker and Amy Klobuchar, and encouraging them to answer questions about prescient political issues on camera.

In the video, Evans says he intends for the website, "A Starting Point," to be a "civic engagement project" that allows people to better understand the Democratic and Republican arguments for current issues affecting the country. Participating congresspeople are given a list of questions and subsequently interviewed on-camera by Evans, who asks in the video that participants keep their individual answers "around a minute" in length and to provide links for further information on each issue.

A few hours after the video leaked, Evans confirmed on Twitter that the "cat's outta the bag" on the project and thanked those who had already submitted video for "A Starting Point."

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As of now, there is no further information on how many members on Congress have worked with Evans or when the website is expected to launch.