Chris
Pratt on 'Jurassic World' and being a hunk
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[June 11, 2015]
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
From Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" to "The Lego
Movie" and now "Jurassic World," Chris Pratt is fast
becoming Hollywood's go-to franchise leading man.
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Sitting on a sunny bench at Universal Studios, Pratt, 35,
reflected on his whirlwind two-year rise to stardom and his
transformation from TV comedy actor to movie stud.
Below are excerpts of his interview with Reuters:
Q: You played goofball Andy Dwyer on NBC's "Parks and
Recreation" for seven seasons, shot to movie stardom as Peter
Quill in "Guardians of the Galaxy," and now you're playing Owen
Grady in "Jurassic World." Which is most like you?
A: All three of those characters are me. I think we were all
born the same person, but there's just a different set of
circumstances that led them to the moment that you meet them.
I think I am exactly who Owen is if I were to be a combat
veteran who had a love for animals growing up, and joins the
Navy and trained dolphins and saw people get killed, saw his
animals get killed, then ran off to this island.
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I'm probably the least like Andy Dwyer. Andy's really the most
cartoonish of them, but he's certainly a collection of the clown
I've been working on my whole life.
Q: What's the advantage of you hitting your career stride in
your thirties rather than your twenties?
A: I gained certain perspectives that are going to allow me to
stay sane through this that I might not have had if I was in my
early twenties. There are some people who get stardom in their
late teens or early twenties, and they do fine with it. I don't
think I would have been one of those people. I think there are a
lot of lessons I needed to learn and a lot of mistakes I needed
to make outside of the public eye in order for me to survive in
this.
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Q: How do you feel about being objectified for your physicality?
A: I love that a man is being asked this question. It needs to be
asked. Who would have thought this is what equality would look like?
(laughs)
(Women) have had to deal with it for a very long time. I know that I
have to be very careful and measured in my answer to this because
it's part of a great conversation that's happening right now. I
don't want to be an asshole in my part of it, but I feel fine with
it.
I'm happy to be working. I've lived a life where I've struggled,
rode around in my car on empty, I've starved, so just getting work
and having access to great material and filmmakers now is a great
thing. If it's due in part to physical transformation, I think
that's just a great reality check for the world that we live in, and
rather than do anything to try and change it, I'm just trying to do
what I can to take advantage of it.
(Editing by Mary Milliken and G Crosse)
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