Chris Pratt: Origins Story

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Chris Pratt, star of Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy and Parks and Recreation was living in his van in Hawaii before he was discovered by a director while waiting tables at a Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant.

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00:00Jurassic World became the first film to make over 500 million dollars in an

00:04opening weekend and that's a huge payday for this former Bubba Gum shrimp employee.

00:09Don't be a dick about it. Sorry. This is the Chris Pratt origin story. Before Chris

00:15Pratt became Galaxy Defender, Raptor Whisperer, Hot Snake Tamer. Hot snakes,

00:21you guys. What's hot snakes? It's when the diarrhea comes out like a hot snake. Andy!

00:25He started out with humble roots, just like Groot. He was born in Virginia, Minnesota. Then his

00:31family moved to Washington where he went to high school and occasionally took his clothes off for

00:36money. I'll just like slowly awkwardly dance and then take, go down to my shorts and they'll be

00:41like, no. Chris dropped out of college and briefly sold detailing coupons before saying Aloha,

00:47Washington and Hello, Hawaii. There he lived in a van down by the river. Chris says he spent

00:54most of his time smoking weed, drinking and working minimal hours at Bubba Gump Shrimp,

01:00which is where he met the director of Curse Part 3, also known as the first film on Chris's IMDb page.

01:08Then he got a big break on Everwood. Then he got a big break on Parks and Rec. Then he lost a few

01:14pounds, posted a few shirtless selfies and boom. The rest, as they say, is hot snakes.

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