Guardians of the Galaxy: Chris Pratt On What Got Him Into Superhero Shape
Chris Pratt explains who helped him transform his body between playing Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation and Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy. Most fans were introduced to Pratt as the silly and fun Andy Dwyer, but the actor's career went in a different direction when Pratt got the role of the Peter Quill aka. Star-Lord, the leader of the cosmic team. To prepare for the Marvel movie, Pratt had to lose 60 pounds in just seven months, a transformation that was discussed widely prior to the release of Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014.
Pratt will next be seen in the MCU in Taikia Waititi's Thor: Love and Thunder, which features many of the Guardians characters. He'll then return in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn has said this third movie will be the last for the original Guardians of the Galaxy team. In the threequel, Pratt will be joined by Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, Vin Diesel as Groot and and Pom Klementieff as Mantis, all reprising their roles. Will Poulter was cast as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, with the cosmic-powered being having been teased in the second film's credits scene.
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Pratt recently shared the secrets that transformed him into Peter Quill in on Instagram. In the post he talks about Simon Waterson, who trained Pratt for Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. Pratt also explains that Waterson has trained Daniel Craig, Tom Hiddleston, John Boyega “and all these different stars that he has turned into heroes.” In the video, Pratt seems very enthusiastic about Waterson's book Intelligent Fitness and Duffy Gaver's Hero Maker,
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