Chris Pratt Superman audition story

    par Tufail: Superman

    Chris Pratt opened up on Happy Sad Confused with Josh Horowitz about some early Hollywood near-misses. He put himself on tape for early Superman and Captain America, then auditioned to play a sidekick in Thor. Unfortunately, he didn't get a callback for any of them. For the Superman role, he made the tape at his mom's house in Everett, Washington. After watching it back, his verdict was blunt: Dude, I would not cast that guy as Superman.

    Transcription (en)

    I saw there's a little bit online actually. You did audition for Captain America. You put yourself on tape. I think I put myself on for early Superman. I put myself on tape, I think, for Captain America. I put myself, I auditioned to play a sidekick in Thor. Right. And none of them, did I even get a callback. So you didn't get in the room for... I got in the room to play the sidekick for Thor. Congrats. Thank you. You might still get it. You're still waiting for the callback. I remember I went so big that the lady said something to me like, I just love how much you committed to that. Like a Ron Star. Yeah. Oh, okay. Am I going to get a callback? No. No, you're not. And Superman, would that have been like the Zack Snyder when he was casting around? It must have been like that. It must have been around. Yeah, it must have been around then. I remember I made a tape. I was at my mom's house in Everett, Washington and made a tape. You put your little cape on? What do you do? I sent it in and I even watched it. I was like, dude, I would not cast that guy as Superman.