Among the many treats in store for us with the release of Avengers: Infinity War next year is the first big screen pairing of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s certainly a mouth-watering prospect for fans, but Chris Pratt has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he initially found the prospect of working alongside Robert Downey Jr. to be “really daunting”.
“Early on, James Gunn said that, when he was casting the role of Quill [in Guardians of the Galaxy], he was thinking of somebody who was gonna one day be in a scene opposite Robert Downey Jr.,” said Pratt. “He knew that character had that potential, that there was a collision course for these characters, potentially. At that time, that was really daunting to think of that. And over the past couple of years I’ve been slowly learning, and honing my job and my skill set for this job.”
“Getting to work with Robert, it just felt really really natural,” he continued. “He’s a remarkable actor. I’d heard stories abut his work ethic, and his specific style of acting in regard to being in the moment, changing things up, keeping you on your toes. Essentially, it’s like playing with a great jazz musician or something like that. You kind of work on your chops for years, thinking there’s a chance you’re going to get a chance to work with this great jazz musician, and then you do, and you watch him go off on some solo, and you’re pumped because you know that after four bars you’re going to get a chance to come in and do your own thing, and you sit there and you make some good music. It was really cool. I felt like I was playing in part of a supergroup or something.”
SEE ALSO: Read our review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 here
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Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th 2018 in the UK and May 4th 2018 in the US, with the as-yet-untitled Avengers 4 following on April 26th 2019 in the UK and May 3rd in the US.
Originally published April 25, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
