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Chris Pratt was rejected for multiple Marvel roles before almost turning down the one that changed his career. Before landing the role of Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris Pratt auditioned for several Marvel Studios characters, and was rejected every time. After so many disappointments, he decided...

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Chris Pratt says he auditioned for almost every Marvel Studios role before finally landing Star-Lord. Jimmy Kimmel : “Didn’t you audition for Captain America?” Chris Pratt : “Oh man, yeah. I auditioned for them all.” “I auditioned for Thor, but not even to be Thor. I was auditioning for one of the sidekick guys.” “I didn’t even get a callback.” “The casting director told me, ‘Wow, you really made a big choice there,’ which is basically code for, ‘Dial back the acting.’” “It got to the point where I thought I was never going to audition for Marvel again.” “Anything they made that needed a guy who remotely looked like me, I auditioned for.” “Sometimes I’d send in a tape and they’d say, ‘No, we don’t need to see him.’” “Other times I’d audition in person, and they’d make it clear they never wanted to see me again.” “I started thinking I just didn’t have that ‘it’ factor they were looking for.” Jimmy Kimmel : “Turned out you did.” Chris Pratt : “Turned out I was Star-Lord.”
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Chris Pratt says he auditioned for almost every Marvel Studios role before finally landing Star-Lord. Jimmy Kimmel : “Didn’t you audition for Captain America?” Chris Pratt : “Oh man, yeah. I auditioned for them all.” “I auditioned for Thor, but not even to be Thor. I was auditioning for one of the sidekick guys.” “I didn’t even get a callback.” “The casting director told me, ‘Wow, you really made a big choice there,’ which is basically code for, ‘Dial back the acting.’” “It got to the point where I thought I was never going to audition for Marvel again.” “Anything they made that needed a guy who remotely looked like me, I auditioned for.” “Sometimes I’d send in a tape and they’d say, ‘No, we don’t need to see him.’” “Other times I’d audition in person, and they’d make it clear they never wanted to see me again.” “I started thinking I just didn’t have that ‘it’ factor they were looking for.” Jimmy Kimmel : “Turned out you did.” Chris Pratt : “Turned out I was Star-Lord.”

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Stan Lee Talks Michael Jackson. Lee recalls MJ wanting to buy the rights to Spider-Man so he could play that character. And when that request was denied, he wanted to buy the Marvel. After owning the catalogue to the Beatles and half of Sony, many were upset with Michael’s business prowess and decided to not only end his career, but ultimately his life.

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Kenneth Branagh explained that his role in Tenet was one of the most difficult of his career, as he had to play a cold and cruel man, which is very far from his usual image. Nolan asked him to play Sator “as if he could kill someone with a whisper.”

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Kyle Shanahan on Curtis Robinson: “He's really worked to get better each year, and he's a very talented guy. I think when he came here, he hadn't played in a system like this for a while. It took him a little bit to kind of pick that up, but we so believed in him as a guy and his talent level that after a year, you could start to see it clicking. He became a big asset on special teams, and last year was the first time that we really believed he was going to step in there, really contribute at linebacker at a high level. It was actually kind of a sad story, but it was about 20 minutes before he tours ACL, was the first time that I told him he'd be starting that week. It was his first start in his career, and he had earned it. We were going to move him ahead of Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles at the time. I had just told Flannigan, which was tough for Flannigan, but they were so tight, so he was happy for Curtis. Then it was about 20 minutes later that Curtis tore his ACL on special teams before he even got to a defensive rep. He was so coming in there and finally about to have his moment. Then he had that setback, which I know crushed the team for him. He's one of the most liked guys on our team, as good of a person and good of a dude as I've ever been around. He's worked for this moment, and we're excited to see him get his opportunity." via: 49ers on NBCS

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Michael Caine explained that he had no difficulty crying in that scene of The Dark Knight Rises. He was so deeply invested in his role that he let himself be overwhelmed by emotion. He even said it was one of the hardest scenes of his entire career, because he was playing a man who was “abandoning his son.” Christopher Nolan revealed that he only needed a single take to capture Caine’s performance, as it was so powerful and authentic.
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Michael Caine explained that he had no difficulty crying in that scene of The Dark Knight Rises. He was so deeply invested in his role that he let himself be overwhelmed by emotion. He even said it was one of the hardest scenes of his entire career, because he was playing a man who was “abandoning his son.” Christopher Nolan revealed that he only needed a single take to capture Caine’s performance, as it was so powerful and authentic.

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Chris Evans kept saying no to Captain America as his better films went under the radar and panic attacks shook him on film sets. When Marvel asked him to test for role, he refused. It was only after Marvel offered the role without screen test he accepted.
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Chris Evans kept saying no to Captain America as his better films went under the radar and panic attacks shook him on film sets. When Marvel asked him to test for role, he refused. It was only after Marvel offered the role without screen test he accepted.

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Today would have been my nephew Matthew Perna's 42nd Birthday. If January 6, had never occurred, he would probably be married with a baby or 2. His Dad would still be alive, instead of deteriorating and dying a brokenhearted man, 2 years after Matthew. Matthew loved so many things in his life, one was music. His Dad was a classical pianist and taught him to play. (My Dad was also a pianist, who taught Matthew's Dad and the rest of our family.) He had not played piano for several years, but when he decided to stay near his Dad after his Mom died unexpectedly, he bought a used piano. This is a short video shows him revisiting a classical piece of music that he hadn't played since he was a child. He was determined to get back to playing, so he pulled out the old music books that he was taught from, and started again. After his arrest, he never touched those keys again.💔😢
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Today would have been my nephew Matthew Perna's 42nd Birthday. If January 6, had never occurred, he would probably be married with a baby or 2. His Dad would still be alive, instead of deteriorating and dying a brokenhearted man, 2 years after Matthew. Matthew loved so many things in his life, one was music. His Dad was a classical pianist and taught him to play. (My Dad was also a pianist, who taught Matthew's Dad and the rest of our family.) He had not played piano for several years, but when he decided to stay near his Dad after his Mom died unexpectedly, he bought a used piano. This is a short video shows him revisiting a classical piece of music that he hadn't played since he was a child. He was determined to get back to playing, so he pulled out the old music books that he was taught from, and started again. After his arrest, he never touched those keys again.💔😢

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Man, we used to be SPOILED with such amazing power forwards in the league. Chris Webber was such a SPECIAL talent. He doesn’t get talked about enough, so I will do the talking 🗣️🗣️🗣️ He was ahead of his time because he could pass, he had a 3 point shot (he was shooting 40%+ from three early in his career but not taking many), and he could drive to the basket- in an era where a lot of power forwards didn’t really have a perimeter game. He was a top 10 power forward in the league for most of his career and a top 5 power forward for a long time too. Keep in mind that was in an era where he was matching up with Garnett, Tim Duncan, Nowitzki, Rasheed Wallace, and late-career Karl Malone. He played against many of the all time great PFs and held his own🔥

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