Chris Pratt Talks Playing Peter Quill and Star-Lord in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, 'He's Like a Man Child'

Chris Pratt, who will play Peter Quill aka the Star-Lord in the upcomming Marvel film of GUARDIANS IN THE GALAXY talked to Fandango about playing the role in the upcoming film. He tells the site that "I was signed up to do the movie before I was even allowed to read a script, so it wasn't like something about this particular character that got me to do it. The fact that it was a Marvel movie is what got me to do it.

"Granted, once I did read it there were so many things about the character that I love, and one thing is that he's very much a kid at heart. He's like a man-child. And I like the idea that he's got a false sense of bravado. Deep down inside he's lonely and desperate. But on the outside he walks around like he's big and tough, and I don't think he does a great job of convincing everybody that he's not just a scared little child."

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY will star Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, Chris Pratt, as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana, as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou as Korath, with Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro as The Collector, Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey, and six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close as Nova Prime.

Directed by James Gunn ("Slither,""Super") from his screenplay, with a story by Nicole Perlman and Gunn, the film will introduce audiences to a whole new side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige is producing the film. The executive producers are Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Alan Fine and Stan Lee; the co-producer is Nik Korda.

The creative team includes director of photography Ben Davis, BSC ("Wrath of the Titans", "Kick-Ass"), production designer Charles Wood ("Thor: The Dark World"), BAFTA-nominated Editor Fred Raskin ("Django Unchained," "Fast Five") and Academy Award-winning editor Hughes Winborne, A.C.E. ("The Help," "Crash"), and Academy Award winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Elizabeth The Golden Age"). The film will also shoot at Longcross Studios, and locations in and around London.

Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" is slated for an August 1, 2014 release in the U.S.

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