Chris Pratt is a superhero when it comes to thinking on his feet.
The actor was out promoting Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” when he was given a strange task on BBC Radio 1’s “The Matt Edmondson Show.” The host roped him in to making an AlphabetiCall, a prank phone call in which every sentence has to start with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Even more specifically, Pratt had to call a pet shop and ask them about stick insects given their similarities to Baby Groot, Vin Diesel‘s “Guardians” character.
The task might not sound that exciting, but Pratt’s call turned out pretty great. He sounded a little robotic and a little bit pained, but he also managed to make sense in a very strange sort of way. It helped that he spoke with possibly the nicest person ever — the woman never seemed to get suspicious or angry, and she stuck it out from A to Z.
Pratt appears next in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” out on May 5.
Yes, it was a Marvel film. Yes it had big stars and big star voices, major special effects and a budget to match. But who could have predicted the huge success of “Guardians of the Galaxy?”
Certainly not the actors.
“I don’t think anybody really did,” Chris Pratt tells Made in Hollywood reporter Kylie Erica Mar. “I was along for the rid like everybody else. … I was hoping it would be good. I had faith in the movie that I had seen. I really liked it, but I didn’t know if that meant other people would. Luckily they did. They connected.”
Now with the sequel, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” it’s a whole different universe of expectations — and a different relationship with the audience.
“When an audience loves something you have to be precious about it, and you have to understand that that love is sacred,” says Pratt. “There’s like a trust between you and the audience.”
So how did filmmakers respond the second time around?
“The last thing in the world you want to do is come out with something that’s completely different because in a way you’ve made a promise to them: Hey, we’ll be back and you’ll have an opportunity to see us again,” says Pratt. “It’s import to keep at least most of it familiar. But the parts that we changed in this movie, to make it a different movie, to make it in my opinion a superior movie, is just different enough to completely catch you off guard and surprise you.”
What Movies Are Out – Passengers, Assassin’s Creed, Why Him?
Strap in for some serious holiday travel as new movies are taking audiences deep into outer space, back to 15th Century Spain and to that scariest place of all, Bryan Cranston’s bad side. Made in Hollywood has all the behind-the-screen details in this week’s episode.
In “Passengers,”Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt unexpectedly wake up in the middle of what was supposed to be years-long hibernation during a space flight, confronting the possibility of living out their lives together trapped on board while the rest of the passengers slumber.
The film may have been shot on a soundstage, but for the actors it felt like they were really lost in the heavens.
“Most of it was a practical set,” Lawrence tells Made in Hollywood reporter Julie Harkness Arnold. “So the grand concourse was four stories high, we had eight miles of LED lights. We tore down the wall between two stages.”
“All of the stuff you’re seeing is real,” adds Pratt. “The only elements that are fake obviously are the stars.”
Assassin’s Creed
“Assassin’s Creed” sends Michael Fassbender back hundreds of years to live out the experience of a distant relative — an assassin in a secret society trying to protect people from the power-hungry Templar Order. The movie pushes Fassbender to the limit, highlighted by what director Justin Kurzel calls his favorite scene of the actor chained to a post.
“That was a tougher scene, really, to do,” Fassbender tells reporter Kylie Erica Mar. “It was so hot in that location. Obviously we had chains. There was fire. There was the fight choreography. There was a lot of moving parts in that sequence. (Kurzel) might have had fun. I certainly didn’t.”
“Why Him?” pairs James Franco with Bryan Cranston in a comedy that Franco says was “a lot of fun.”
“We’re doing a job, but it’s to make people laugh,” he says.
Adds Cranston: “We had more fun than anything I had done before.”
Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are two of our most cherished celebs, both as delightful as they are talented. So it should come as no surprise, then, that the “Passengers” co-stars get along swimmingly offscreen, too. But what if they’re forced to hurl insults at each other? Well, then anything goes.
That’s the concept of this clip from BBC One, called Playground Insults, in which actors are forced to sit across from each other and say the worst things about the other that they can imagine. It’s all in good fun, of course, but there are certainly some truth bombs hiding among the clever barbs, and as you’ll see in Pratt and Lawrence’s case, the gloves definitely come off and things get mighty personal between the pair.
Everything from their shared superhero past (“How does it feel being in the stupidest Marvel movie?” Pratt asks Lawrence) to their humble beginnings on TV (“‘I really loved you in “Everwood”‘…said no one, ever,” Lawrence tells Pratt) gets dredged up, with the actor offering some snide remarks about the actress’s hair extensions, and the 26-year-old Lawrence getting in a few good digs about 37-year-old Pratt’s age. But Pratt is clearly the master of this game, with some truly LOL-worthy comments (“I recently told you that you act like Adele sings. I hate Adele.”), including a savage comeback about their “Passengers” sex scene.
Check it out for yourself and just try to keep a straight face. As both Pratt and Lawrence learn, it’s impossible.
Two doomed lovers stuck on a sinking ship — no, this isn’t “Titanic,” but “Passengers.” And instead of icy waters in the north Atlantic, this ship is hurtling through outer space.
Sony released a new trailer and two clips from their big sci-fi/romance movie, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. They play two passengers among thousands of colonists heading to a new planet. They wake up from hypersleep 90 years too early and fall in love, only to discover their vessel is in danger — and that there’s a reason they woke up:
In the first clip, Pratt and Lawrence are examining part of the ship’s system when a breach threatens both their lives:
In the second clip, Lawrence finds herself in an impossible situation after a gravity failure:
“Passengers” opens in theaters December 21.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Pratt will appear on an episode of the series opposite his real-life wife, Anna Faris, who co-headlines the show alongside Allison Janney. In a wink to their offscreen relationship, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star will play a love interest for Faris’s character, Christy.
According to EW, Pratt’s character is named Nick, and is ” a charming … horseback riding instructor” who catches Christy’s eye. The only problem is that he’s the nephew of friend and fellow AA member Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy), who has “declared him off-limits.” We’re betting that if Pratt/Nick takes his shirt off, though, even Marjorie would understand Christy falling for him.
The married couple — who got hitched in 2009 and have a 4-year-old son, Jack — have starred in several projects together before, including the comedies “What’s Your Number?,” “Take Me Home Tonight,” and “Movie 43.” This will be the first time they’ve appeared opposite each other on the small screen.
“Mom” will return for its fourth season on October 27. Pratt’s appearance is slated for an episode that will air sometime in January.
To date the fourth installment of the dinosaur has reached $1.52 billion in box office sales, making it the No. 3 top-grossing film ever. It’s bested by “Titanic,” which made $2.2 billion and “Avatar’s” mouthwatering $2.7 billion nabs the top spot.
Two doomed lovers stuck on a sinking ship — no, this isn’t “Titanic,” but 
Like Mom.”
