After taking up the MCU multiverse, Chris Pratt isn’t ruling out a jaunt to the DCU.
Following his current go to with director James Gunn on the set of Superman: Legacy, the actor mentioned “there’s all the time an opportunity” he may make the franchise leap, however he performed coy when it got here to naming a personality he’d wish to play.
“I simply have to depart that to the followers and folks like James to determine,” Pratt instructed TMZ. “I’m not precisely positive. I’m really undecided.
When requested flat-out if he’d be a part of the competing franchise, Pratt didn’t hesitate in declaring, “Sure, after all”
“If it may match into my schedule and it made sense, I might like it,” he continued. “In fact I really like taking part in Star-Lord, and hopefully there’s an opportunity that may come again. I simply really feel so blessed to have the ability to do any of it, to be thought-about for any of it. If it’s proper and the followers would like it, I’d be more than pleased to do it.”
His feedback come after Gunn shared a photograph of Pratt on the set of Superman: Legacy earlier this month. “All the time good to have buddies visiting set,” he captioned the submit.
Pratt beforehand made his MCU debut as Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which was directed by Gunn. They reunited for the sequels in 2017 and 2023, in addition to Avengers: Infinity Warfare (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Since taking on DC Studios with Peter Safran in 2022, Gunn has been onerous at work directing Superman: Legacy, which is able to kick off a brand new DC multiverse. The film stars David Corenswet because the titular Man of Metal, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen.
Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, Kurt Russell and Zoe Saldana in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). (Marvel Studios)
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After confirming he’s open to casting MCU actors in his upcoming DCU work, Gunn instructed Empire {that a} crossover between the 2 comedian e-book worlds is “extra probably now that I’m in cost,” including: “That’s a few years away, although. I believe we’ve got to ascertain what we’re doing [at DC] first. I might be mendacity to say that we haven’t mentioned it. However all discussions have been very, very gentle and enjoyable.”
Gunn has since been in talks with Pratt’s Guardians co-star Pom Klementieff to play a “particular character” within the DCU, she not too long ago confirmed.