Star’s regret over missing out on huge role

Star’s regret over missing out on huge role

While on the Just for Variety podcast, Adam Brody revealed to host Marc Malkin “there have been many” roles he didn’t land that he actually needed.

The O.C. star went by means of a listing of his much less profitable auditions, from Justin Bartha’s position in Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s Gigli to a youthful model of Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) within the 2003 Dumb and Dumber prequel.

However, the current position he was most torn up about was the position of Peter Quill/Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy, reviews the New York Post.

Chris Pratt finally acquired the a part of the earthly chief in control of a harmful group of misfits making an attempt to avoid wasting the universe within the 2014 Marvel film directed by James Gunn.

Pratt portrayed the character for 2 sequels and a vacation particular.

“I wanted that one,” Brody stated, admitting that he agrees that Pratt was a “better” match for the area adventurer.

He added, “But tonally, I really dug it.”

Brody and Pratt had been transient co-stars on The O.C. when the latter performed the activist Ché Cook, aka Winchester Cook, within the teen drama’s fourth season.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, over 200 actors auditioned for the half, together with Brody’s Shazam! co-star Zachary Levi and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Glenn Howerton, who was finally Gunn’s second selection.

Pratt, who Gunn merely noticed because the chubby character Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation, was declared excellent for the position seconds into his audition.

Brody has auditioned for a handful of different superhero films, sharing he learn for The Green Lantern and “was in a Justice League one for a minute, an aborted one.”

The actor is lastly making his massive debut within the style in DC’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, after making a shock cameo in 2019’s Shazam.

“It was a long time coming and I don’t know, it was fun,” Brody stated.

“It was a novelty, and I would definitely do more, but at this point in my life and my career — and at this point in the saturation of them — it didn’t feel like I’ve arrived.”

This article initially appeared within the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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