Chris Pratt on His Failed ‘Superman Returns’ Audition: “It just goes to show that it’s all divinely planned”
The old adage that things have a way of working out for the best still applies to some of the most popular actors on the planet, too.
The old adage that things have a way of working out for the best still applies to some of the most popular actors on the planet, too.
Actor Chris Pratt posted this motivating message on Instagram
Obviously the “movie star” formula has changed since John Wayne’s multi-decade run as a box office star and even since Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reign at the multiplexes in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Pratt then placed orange post-it notes around the set, out of shot. “Then,” he says, “it would catch my attention halfway through the scene, and it would affect me emotionally underneath.”
“Looking back, I think I know why. Physically, I looked… like the guy—like Johnny in The Karate Kid, you know?” – Chris Pratt on being typecast
In the amazingly prescient clip, Pratt says, “Man… I just got a text message. It’s from Steven Spielberg. God! So annoying.”
Before the announcement that Chris Pratt would star as Star-Lord Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, not many people would have pegged the Parks and Recreation actor as an intergalactic superhero. In fact, even Pratt himself was one of the doubters. However, he reveals that as he
Chris Pratt is keeping busy in Hollywood with comedic roles in films like Delivery Man to voicing the lead role in The Lego Movie. He’s also diversifying by playing Peter Quill a.k.a. Star-Lord in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy which hits theaters next summer. The 34-year-old actor sat down with
Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt might be an offbeat choice for any role in a superhero film, let alone the lead role of Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, the leader of Marvel Comics’ intergalactic super-team the Guardians of the Galaxy. But according to director James Gun,, when we see Pratt in the film next summer we’re going to forgo any perception we might have of him.
Biography: Chris Pratt is most often recognized for portraying Andy Dwyer on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, opposite Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari and Rashida Jones.
Pratt admits that as much as he wanted the part he almost didn’t get it, explaining “It was definitely something that I wanted, but I was just one of just a giant number of people who wanted the role.”