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Adam Brodyis revealing the one that got away, film role edition!
During this week’sJust for Varietypodcast, the actor shared how he once auditioned for the 2014 filmGuardians of the Galaxyfor the role of Star-Lord, which ultimately went toChris Pratt.
“I wanted that one,” Brody, 43, said, but admitted it was a “better fit” for Pratt, 44.
He added: “He is bigger, stronger, but tonally, I really dug it.”
Pratt went on to reprise the role of Star-Lord, aka Peter Quill, in the franchise’s 2017 sequel and returned for this year’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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Numerous stars, includingEddie Redmayne,Joseph Gordon-LevittandZach Levi, were also reportedly considered for the role.
Brody and Pratt’s history goes back nearly two decades, as they costarred on the early 2000s teen dramaThe O.C.together. Pratt joined the hit series for its fourth and final season as Ché Cook, while Brody played one of the leading roles, Seth Cohen, for the show’s entirety.
As his breakout role came to an end, Brody met his future wife,Leighton Meester, in 2007 during anouting at Canter’s Deliin Los Angeles, when he ran into the show’s creator Josh Schwartz, who was just launchingGossip Girlwith Meester, 37. The pairdidn’t officially date until 2013 and married in 2018. They now share two children: Arlo, 7, and a son, age 3.
As for Pratt, the action star marriedKatherine Schwarzenegger, the daughter ofArnold Schwarzenegger, in2019. They share two daughters: Eloise Christina, 14 months, and Lyla Maria, who turns 3 this month.
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Back onJust for Variety’spodcast, Brody also revealed another role he missed out on — 2003’sGiglistarringJennifer Lopezand now-husbandBen Affleck.
“I remember liking the script,” theMr. and Mrs. Smithactor, who read forJustin Bartha’s role of Brian,recalled. “I remember in the end, [Affleck] died in a way that it still stays with me. It’s like he’s sitting on the beach, he’s bleeding out and the sand just comes up and buries him… It was a nice image that they did not use in the movie at all.”
Up next, Brody can be seen in the thrillerRiver Wild, alongside Meester. The couple previously worked together in the 2011 indie comedyThe Oranges. In the new movie, Brody plays an ex-convict who has some violent scenes with Meester’s character.
“I tried to kill her for a fair amount of the movie,” Brody said on the podcast. “I wouldn’t have picked this for us. It came to me…fully formed from a friend to both of us, but this isn’t something I was looking to do together.”
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Brody doesn’t look to Method acting either. “It sounds f—- boring more than anything to me. It sounds ungodly boring, but hats off to them," he said. “Hats off to people that don’t watch their stuff, are Method… I don’t know, is it lacking that I can turn it off so quickly? I don’t know. I’m more comfortable this way. And it just seems so profoundly uncomfortable and also boring.”
source: people.com
