Overview
- On the Jan. 22 Happy Sad Confused podcast, Pratt said he seriously considered using "Christo" as his professional name.
- He recalled that coworkers at Bubba Gump called him Christo after the letters wore off his tag, and he weighed keeping it when he moved to Los Angeles.
- He ultimately went with Chris, placing him alongside fellow actors Chris Pine, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth.
- Pratt was discovered while waiting tables by Rae Dawn Chong, who cast him in the 2000 short Cursed Part 3 that became his first credited role.
- While promoting Mercy, he has detailed preparing with the LAPD homicide division and an on-set ankle injury during a bar-fight stunt, and he has criticized AI performer Tilly Norwood as fake.