5. Chris Pratt Almost Passed Up Guardians Of The Galaxy [Hollywood Reporter]
If you were initially skeptical about the idea of Chris Pratt being an action star, you certainly weren’t alone. Pratt himself almost passed on Guardians of the Galaxy because of a bad audition he had for G.I. Joe.
“When Guardians of the Galaxy was pitched to me, I said, ‘I don’t think so.’ I just didn’t picture myself getting the role,” Pratt says. “I didn’t want to go and embarrass myself like I did when I auditioned for G.I. Joe a couple of years previously. I went in there, and halfway through I saw the director’s eyes just glaze over. It made sense — I was a little heavy and out of shape. I was not gonna play someone from G.I. Joe. I did not look like a G.I. Joe action figure come to life.”
