Chris Pratt shared details on gaining weight and his relationship with food as his career progressed.
Pratt, who had a dramatic physical transformation for his leading role in Guardians of the Galaxy, once played the role of a loveable goofball Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation.
In a recent podcast interview on Bill Maher’s Club Random, Pratt talked about how the comedy sitcom came along during a “season of my life where I was drinking and eating a lot.”
He noted that before he landed on Andy’s role, he had also stopped working out and as a result, the employment opportunities began to dry up.
When he joined the drama, Pratt said he’d “never seen myself look so fat,” but that he was the “funniest I think I’ve ever been.” As a result, he set out to gain more weight for the role.
Revealing how he pushed his body to the limits of gaining weight, the father of four recalled, “I went to the showrunner, Mike Schur, and I said, ‘Two things. One, I’m getting fat. Two, I want to get much fatter.”
“And he goes, ‘Great.’ And so I just pushed it. I was like, ‘How fat can I get?’ It became like a challenge. I was, like, eating four burgers at mealtime,” he continued. “I was really impressing everybody and I was really diving into this super indulgent season in my life.”
The Terminal List actor shared that while at times it use to feel “the best” thing ever to eat whatever he wants, while on the other hand he also use to feel “terrible” after a while.
Now, after playing Peter Quill, also known as Star-Lord, in seven live action films and one television special within Marvel Cinematic Universe, the actor says that eating has now become “boring” and compared mealtime to “stopping at the gas station” and putting the bare minimum in the tank.
Currently, Pratt is also rumoured to star in Avengers: Doomsday, which is slated for release on December 16, 2026.