The August 2014 release of Guardians of the Galaxy is certainly anticipated since it’s the main new entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during Phase Two that doesn’t involved other characters that were established in Phase One. Headlining the team is Peter Quill, known as Star-Lord, which was taken on by Chris Pratt. He recently got to talk about the part and what he thinks of the character with how he’ll be playing him.
“Just the fact that he was part of the Marvel brand was really exciting,” Pratt said. “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.”
[Source: Fandango]