Chris Pratt reveals he was rejected from multiple Marvel movies

US actor Chris Pratt has revealed he was prepared to give up on ever appearing in a Marvel film, after one too many failed auditions.

Chris Pratt gave up on auditioning for Marvel. Picture: Robyn Beck/AFP

Chris Pratt was prepared to give up on appearing in a Marvel film after missing out on multiple auditions for the film franchise.

Pratt revealed on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! that he “auditioned for Thor, but not even to be Thor – but to be one of the sidekick guys, and I didn’t get a callback”, Fox News reports.

“Usually they give you a little bit of feedback, and I remember the casting director goes, ‘Wow. You really made a big choice there.’ Which is code for like, ‘Hey, dial back the acting there, guy.’”

After continuously being denied roles in a Marvel film, Pratt “got to the point where I was never gonna audition for Marvel again”.

Pratt said he reached the end of his tether auditioning for Marvel films. Picture: Rich Polk/Getty

“I was like, ‘This is stupid, I’m never gonna be in a Marvel movie,’” he told Kimmel.

The 43-year-old said he auditioned for “anything that came out that needed a guy that even remotely looked like me”.

“I would either submit a tape and they would say, ‘No, we don’t need to see him,’ or I would get there and see them, they’d go, ‘No, that’s the last time we need to see you,’” Pratt said.

The star jokingly said, “Well, I definitely don’t have that ‘It Factor’ they’re looking for because they don’t even want me to come back.”

Eventually, the actor was cast in Guardians Of The Galaxy as Star-Lord. The first film of the series was released in 2014.

Pratt instead found success in the Jurassic World franchise.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 premieres in cinemas May 5.

Pratt’s father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger, recently revealed that he was “very, very proud” of Pratt’s performance in the upcoming movie.

“I saw Guardians Of The GalaxyVol. 3 last night and WOW. @prattprattpratt, you crushed it,” the 75-year-old tweeted. “A non-stop, perfect mix of comedy and action. I loved it and I’m very, very proud of you.”

Pratt married Schwarzenegger’s daughter Katherine in 2019, and the couple have two children, Lyla, 2, and Eloise, who will turn one next month. Pratt also has a 10-year-old son Jack from his marriage to Anna Faris.

Three years ago, Schwarzenegger called Pratt “a great guy” and “kind to my daughter” on Jimmy Kimmel.

Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married in 2019. Picture: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

“I get along with him really well,” the former California governor said of Pratt. “And, of course, the first thing when we met, he says, ‘Can we ever work out together? I need to have the inside scoop to pumping iron.’ So I took him to the gym, and we worked out.”

He joked with Kimmel that “pumping iron” with the Jurassic World actor was the “decision-making” factor in giving his blessing to the marriage.

Schwarzenegger added that he was “very proud” of Pratt, who asked his permission to marry his daughter “in a very traditional way”.

This story originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission