Chris Pratt plays a “‘Sliding Doors’ version” of the same character in his “big commercial” movies.
Chris Pratt admits some of his movie characters are quite similar
The 45-year-old actor – who is known for starring in the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Jurassic World’ film series – has admitted he often plays similar versions of a scoundrel adventurer in his big budget movie projects.
During an interview with ‘Entertainment Weekly’, Chris was asked about similarities between his character Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies and his role of John D. Keats in new movie ‘The Electric State’ and he explained: “I kind of like to think, hopefully, that’s like every character I ever play though, in this tone, something that’s like a big, family friendly, raucous, adventure, sci-fi film,.
“When it’s a big commercial tone like this, you’re going to get a ‘Sliding Doors’ version of the characters that I like to play.”
Chris was referring to Gwyneth Paltrow’s 1998 movie ‘Sliding Doors’ in which she played two versions of the same character involved in different storylines after their lives diverge at a certain point.
The actor went on to add of Quill and Keats: “[They both] have a journey; they find something bigger than themselves to want to fight for and are willing to sacrifice themselves for.
“There’s [Keats] talking to an animated character through the course of it. So I guess, even now, just in this interview, I’m realizing that there are similarities.
“[Keats] kind of feels like what Peter Quill could have been if he didn’t get picked up and go to space, but instead lived through a robot war and went on the run with his robot friend.”
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