Chris Pratt wants a role in James Gunn's DCU, but to also keep playing Guardians of the Galaxy's Star-Lord
May. 14, 2024“Let’s do both. I think it’s 100% both”
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Having collaborated on threeGuardians of the Galaxymovies, Chris Pratt is no stranger to playing a superhero in a comic book flick fromJames Gunn. It’s hardly surprising, then, that he’d be keen to team up with the director again now that Gunn has been appointed the co-leader of DC Studios.
While promoting his upcoming animation The Garfield Movie recently, the Marvel star was asked whether he’ll follow Gunn into the new franchise byComicBook, to which he replied: “Well, it probably make more sense that I would be Star-Lord again. But anything is possible, and especially with James over at DC.
“Maybe there’s something that would be right over there. Maybe both. How about both? Let’s do both. I think it’s 100% both.”
Right at the very end ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a title card confirmed that Pratt’s Peter Quill “will return”, so it seems likely he’ll reprise the role in the MCU at some point.
That said, the same movie saw Quill say goodbye to his space adventures and return to Earth to reunite with his grandfather. The mid-credits scene saw Rocket (Bradley Cooper) leading a new team of Guardians – made up of Groot, Kraglin, Cosmo, Adam, Adam’s pet Blurp, and Phyla – too. So perhaps Prattwillhave time to jump ship if the DC part is on the smaller, too?
That same year, Gunn hinted at multiple appearances from the Guardians cast, when he told a fan on Threads he has “reasons” for them not wanting to cameo as themselves in The Suicide Squad’s TV spin-off Peacemaker.
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“I’m not gonna tell you guys, but we’ve had conversations and we’re making plans already. But nothing is confirmed yet,” Mantis’s Pom Klementieff later toldVariety. “There would be one specific character but I can’t tell you that. I knew about the character, and I thought the character was fucking cool.”
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