I wouldn’t have been there to have that audition in Hawaii, floundering as a 19-year-old who couldn’t afford to go to college. “That may have prevented me from doing sports in college, which led me down a completely different path. If you look back on it, that is a little stroke of God’s grace saying it’s going to suck right now, but trust me, in the future, you’ll be glad you busted your leg, kid. At the time, my parents didn’t have any money. “And the things that led me to that situation-I broke my leg pretty severely when I was 7 years old. I actually knew in that moment that my life would change forever. “I said, ‘Do you film the movie here in Hawaii?’ She said, ‘No, we film it in Los Angeles.’ I said, ‘I can’t afford to go to Los Angeles.’ She said, ‘We will fly you there, sweetie.’ I felt the Teutonic plates shifting beneath me. Pratt (right) with Lawrence in “Passengers” Halfway through the audition, she said, ‘You’re good. “The first time I ever had an audition, I was in Hawaii.” (He was 19, homeless in Maui, and worked as a waiter at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant.) “I met an actor (Rae Dawn Chong) who was directing a movie and gave me an audition. There are specific moments where I felt that my life was changing. “I am happy with the position I find myself in now and pray that it will keep going in that way. “I know I’m in a privileged position to look backward at my life,” he answered. Has the actor experienced an incident that he knew would change his life for good? That’s how I see it-as an observation on mankind, the fall from grace, the sin that we have and how that affects us, the guilt that we feel for the first time, and our quest for redemption.”Ĭhris has a scene with Jennifer that, let’s just say-to avoid spoilers-impacts everything. To me, the film is more of an Adam and Eve story. We’re dealing with some ominous forces-not to spoil-but it’s all very human. The Avalon (spaceship) is a beautiful Starliner, but it’s desolate, ice-cold and inhospitable, even though it looks like a shopping mall that you’d see in the future. ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is wild, colorful and fun. “But the color palette is totally different. 2” will be shown next year), where he plays Peter Quill/Star-Lord. Cutting ourselves off from human interaction is torturous.”Ĭhris commented on the obvious difference of “Passengers” from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise (“Vol. There’s a reason solitary confinement is a form of punishment. I don’t necessarily mind being alone, but I would hate to be forced to be alone. “It’s nice to cut myself off from that and just enjoy the woods and nature.
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