James Gunn and Chris Pratt.Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty
Guardians of the GalaxydirectorJames Gunnis defendingChris Prattagainst “false beliefs” about the movie star, assuring that Pratt will “never” be replaced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Gunn, 55, responded Monday to a fan on Twitter who suggested Marvel “replace” Pratt, 42, who plays Star-Lord in the MCU, with an actor like Patrick Wilson.
“For what? Because of your made-up, utterly-false beliefs about him? For something that someone else told you about him that’s not true?Chris Prattwould never be replaced as Star-Lord but, if he ever was, we would all be going with him,” Gunn, who is currently directing his thirdGuardiansmovie with Pratt,wrote.
He added that his “faith is important to me but no church defines me or my life, and I am not a spokesman for any church or any group of people. … My values define who I am. We need less hate in this world, not more. I am a man who believes that everyone is entitled to love who they want free from the judgment of their fellow man.”
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Addressing past criticism of Pratt’s religious beliefs, GunntweetedMonday, “I know the church he currently goes to. Do you? (The answer is you don’t, but you heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from someone where he goes to church, so decided, ‘yeah, okay, I’ll believe this terrible thing I heard online about this celebrity!')”
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Back in 2020, when an internet challenge named Pratt the “worst Hollywood Chris,” his wifeKatherine Schwarzenegger, costars Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo, and moredefended him on social media.
source: people.com
