I can’t think of Chris Pratt, the very funny actor who plays Andy on Parks and Rec, without thinking about this tweet, by that show’s creator, Mike Schur:
If @prattprattpratt were a stock, he'd be Apple in 2002.
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) February 5, 2013This tweet accompanied the news that Pratt was cast in the lead role of Marvel’s upcoming, probably huge superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy. Obviously Schur has some bias, being friends and colleagues with the guy, but I can’t help but agree. I think Chris Pratt has been enchanted.
Andy wasn’t supposed to be a regular on Parks and Rec but they kept him.
He’s like, really funny on Twitter.
He’s married to Anna Farris and they seem really happy.
He apparently has no trouble losing weight and becoming muscular in a cinematic way.
No like, really, Hollywood is happy to cast him as the funny guy, one of the guys in Oscar-bait like Zero Dark Thirty.
Who is Chris Pratt? There seems to be no undercurrent of anxiety like drives some artists, he’s too busy soliciting his fans to tell him the best moment in their life, and dishing out positive affirmations:
“@NateMalicious: The first time my niece gave me an unwarranted hug and told me she loved me.” Love that!
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@derrecknoteric: @prattprattpratt Graduating high school in 2011 and celebrating with my cousins and family” Nice. Good luck to you bud.
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@SooperSte: Finally coming out to my family and wondering what the hell I was so afraid of.” Wow. That's intense. Good on ya.
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@djbeanlee: Finding my biological family after 18 years.” Damn. What's that like? Close with them now? Adopted? Fostered? Close to them?
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@JCervantezzz: @prattprattpratt Being the first person in my family to graduate from college.” Not the last wise man. The world is yours.
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@SkyBrum: @prattprattpratt Telling the first girl I ever loved exactly that.”weak knees. I get it!
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@ClassyInCrisis: @prattprattpratt Getting my first save as an EMT.” Whoa. Damn. That's awesome. Thanks!!!
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@DaPsAndPound: @prattprattpratt Hugging my brother when he came back from the military.” Enough said
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@kmrush82: holding my newborn son after suffering a stillborn 11 months prior. ❤️” Good God. I can't imagine. Bless that sweet boy
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@halludba4: I'm living it now. I'm in my prime (20) and I can do anything.” YES!!! You will change the world friend.
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@Mummzydoodler: Taking a 911 call and talking a suicidal man out of trying to be killed by suicide by cop.” Intense. My God. Good job.
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013“@SimonRagoonanan: @prattprattpratt Cuddling my daughter for her first hour on earth. A long and glorious moment...” I want a girl!
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) December 6, 2013His simple positivity almost reminds me of artists like Steve Roggenbuck or Ryland Maserang without the poetry?
He’s charming, politically neutral, and probably, I think, enchanted. I’d buy that stock.