It is no secret that the film industry of Marvel has always done an excellent job in choosing the different actors who will play the roles in his different films, and although some of these actors were difficult to convince, with Chris Pratt This was not the case, but the actor had another type of struggle to gain the trust of the director and the entire work team.
According to the magazine Vanity Fairthe American actor was cast to play star lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies thanks to Marvel Studios casting director, Halley Finn, because she knew the potential that Chris had. “I went to see James Gunn to mention that he had the perfect performer for the role as captain”said the director.
Likewise, it was thanks to her that Chris Pratt was cast for Star Lord even though the actor was not convinced either. “Chris came into the room and did the casting, and in a few 10 seconds James He came out, looked at me and said ‘This is the guy I was looking for.‘”; However, after this, the real struggle began for the American actor because at that time he had overweight and to play his role he had to be in shape to gain the trust of Marvel Studios.
At that time Marvel and the work team contacted Duffy Gaverrenowned personal trainer of Chris Hemsworth, who immediately accepted the challenge of being able to train Chris Pratt and leave him ready to be a great leader of the Guardians of the Galaxyat the same time they also called the nutritionist Philip Goglia who was in charge of the actor’s diet, forcing him to have to eat 4000 calories per day accompanied by an ounce of water for every pound of the actor’s weight.
Given this, on some occasions the American expressed that this was one of the hardest processes of your life and that it was usually a nightmare because of the fact that it happened urinating all dayHowever, all this sacrifice had its reward and as you know, the rest was history.