Chris Pratt & Taylor Kitsch Interview: The Terminal List
The Terminal List, Prime Video's dark new military drama, premieres on July 1. In it, Navy SEAL James Reese (Chris Pratt, perhaps best known for playing the goofy yet powerful Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy) takes it upon himself to dispense some vengeance and justice after a military cover-up. Based on the novel by Jack Carr, the series also stars Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) as Reese's best friend and an ex-SEAL himself.
The Terminal List features a star-studded cast that extends beyond Kitsch and Pratt, however. Also heavily involved in the story are Constance Wu, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Riley Keough, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Arlo Mertz. The ensemble cast engages in plenty action sequences, requiring intense training, and it's clear that the creative team behind the project wanted to make the military experience come across as authentically as possible.
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Screen Rant spoke to Kitsch and Pratt about which parts of training for The Terminal List most surprised them, and which project of the other's is their favorite so far.
Screen Rant: I'm so excited to talk to you guys. Every role requires some level of new research or new training. What is the most unique training or research that you did going into this series? Chris, is there something that pops out for you?
Chris Pratt: Gosh, probably comes down to the weapon handling, and trying to create authentic movements with these weapon platforms that the Navy SEALs use. Working closely with Ray Mendoza, who was our military adviser; Jared Shaw, and the various Navy SEALs that we employed and partnered up with on this.
Just all of that was pretty interesting and unlike anything I'd
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