Before landing blockbuster roles in Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World, the actor worked tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne day, the incredible Rae Dawn Chong walked into the restaurant, and naturally, I went up to her table and said, \u2018Hey, you\u2019re a movie star! What are you doing here?\u2019\u201d Pratt wrote.<\/p>\n
Chong, who starred in The Color Purple, asked Pratt whether he could act.<\/p>\n
\u201cF**k yeah, put me in your movie!\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n
Chong asked for his contact details, but Pratt had to hand over a mate\u2019s number because he did not own a phone.<\/p>\n
MORE: \u2018Hit me hard\u2019: \u2018Hot Felon\u2019 shock new life at 42<\/a><\/p>\n Bad\u2019: Tiger\u2019s dad Hutchence left her nothing<\/a><\/p>\n Broke, axed: Marilyn Manson\u2019s sad life at 57<\/a><\/p>\n Chris Pratt has revealed he was living in a van in Hawaii with just $US60 to his name. Picture: Instagram\/prattprattpratt<\/p>\n Rae Dawn Chong gave the Marvel star his big Hollywood break. Picture: Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Days later, his friend mentioned a casting call had come through. Pratt returned the call, picked up the script and read all 120 pages three times in a row.<\/p>\n \u201cMy character\u2019s name was Devon, and I remember thinking, \u2018Sweet! I could totally play a Devon!\u2019\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n After auditioning, Chong offered him the role and revealed production was based in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n \u201cWith about $60, a bag of clothes and some rollerblades, Rae told me they\u2019d fly me out,\u201d Pratt wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I remember thinking right then and there, my life just changed forever. I\u2019m going to be an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n The low-budget horror-comedy, Cursed: Part III, released in 2000, launched his career.<\/p>\n \u201cI will forever be grateful to Rae for taking a chance on a kid working at a shrimp restaurant,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger are trying to offload their custom Pacific Palisades mansion after repeatedly slashing the asking price.<\/p>\n Pratt\u2019s fortunes have changed since his van days, though his real estate ventures have run into recent headaches.<\/p>\n Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, 36, are trying to offload their custom Pacific Palisades mansion after repeatedly slashing the asking price.<\/p>\n The couple bought the property for $US15.6m ($A22.3m) in June 2018, razing the existing home to build a six-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom megamansion in a gated community.<\/p>\n After initially listing the estate for $US32m ($A45m) in July 2023, the price has been cut by more than $US12m ($A18.2m) across five market stints. <\/p>\n It is currently advertised for $US19.99m ($A28.6m).<\/p>\n The couple is residing in a Montecito estate once owned by pop star Katy Perry and former fiance Orlando Bloom while work continues on their next residence.<\/p>\n They bought that Brentwood parcel for $US12.5 ($A17.9m) in 2023 to be near Schwarzenegger\u2019s mother, Maria Shriver.<\/p>\n However, that project triggered fierce community backlash after the couple demolished the Zimmerman House, a revered 1950s mid-century modern residence. <\/p>\n MORE: Massive fortune Patrick Stewart left behind<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019: Jerry Springer\u2019s sad secret at 79<\/a><\/p>\n Stevie Wonder shock at 76 as ex won\u2019t leave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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