{"id":80752,"date":"2025-08-20T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80752\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:30:09","slug":"cinemas-greatest-living-actor-according-to-chris-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/80752\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema’s “greatest living actor”, according to Chris Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chris<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Alamy)<\/p>\n

Wed 20 August 2025 16:45, UK <\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one person in modern Hollywood who sums up the clear and distinct difference between an actor and a movie star better than anyone else, it\u2019s hard to look beyond Chris Pratt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds are definitely part of that conversation, considering they\u2019re constantly ranked among the highest-paid names in the business and have a track record of box office success few can better, Pratt has shown himself to be in a different league.<\/p>\n

Reynolds is capable of doing great dramatic work, as evidenced by Buried and The Voices<\/a>, and \u2018The Rock\u2019 will get his chance when Benny Safdie\u2019s The Smashing Machine is released. However, has anyone seen a Chris Pratt performance that\u2019s made them sit back, take notice, and think, \u2018Wow, this guy has got some serious chops\u2019? Almost certainly not.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s very good at playing Chris Pratt-type characters, which is the bare minimum to be expected. When he\u2019s cast as charming rogues in broad blockbusters, he does everything that\u2019s expected of him, which has made the former Parks and Recreation standout one of the most successful stars of the 21st century.<\/p>\n

By the same metrics that named Scarlett Johansson the highest-grossing actor of all time<\/a>, Pratt is fifth in those standings. His career box office is rapidly closing in on $15 billion, he played the lead in the $2.5-billion-grossing Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and he\u2019s been in six movies that earned over a billion.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a movie star, but not necessarily an actor. Vincent D\u2019Onofrio\u2019s western, The Kid, is the only non-blockbuster he\u2019s appeared in since 2013, so he knows where his bread his buttered. That doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t appreciate greatness when he sees it, though, after describing one of his legendary co-stars as the best who\u2019s still breathing.<\/p>\n

After being anointed as the second coming of Tom Hanks<\/a> by Denzel Washington when they were shilling their Magnificent Seven remake, Pratt responded in kind. \u201cNow I feel like I have to repay a compliment with a compliment,\u201d he said. \u201cDenzel\u2019s a legend. I learned a lot just watching him. He may be the greatest living actor and one of the greatest actors of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s probably not going to be troubling the Academy Awards any time soon, if ever, but that doesn\u2019t invalidate his point. After all, is any list of cinema\u2019s greatest living actors even worth the paper it\u2019s printed on if it doesn\u2019t feature Washington\u2019s name? No, it is not, because he undoubtedly is.<\/p>\n

For the last four decades, he\u2019s laid the blueprint for how to plant one foot in both worlds, something Pratt should really learn from. There\u2019s Denzel Washington, the two-time Oscar-winning and ten-time nominated actor, producer, and director who\u2019s one of his, or any other generation\u2019s, finest.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, there\u2019s Denzel Washington: Action Hero, with any film that requires him to track down, battle, or eliminate bad guys almost guaranteed to be a hit. Pratt is a movie star, but if he wants to find out how to master both sides of the business, he\u2019s well-placed to learn from the best.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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