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Chris Pratt: Becoming James Reece

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The Importance of Weight Loss in Filmmaking

I had tested with Brad Pitt and Bennett Miller. I just went back to wrestling mode. The part of the reason I was just not, they didn't even say you're too fat because you did that kind of rejection. It comes as a little bit more subtle. They were like, but the truth is, you know, Brad Pitt was playing Billy Bean and Billy Bean's about six, five, six, four, six, five. And I'm playing Scott Hatterberg, who's five, 10. Me at Chris Pratt at 285, 290 pounds next to Brad, who's in pretty good shape. So I started really trimming down and cutting weight.

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