Chris Pratt competes against the star of “The Boys” for the iconic superhero role

James Gunn is rebooting the DC Universe in his own image and everyone wants to know if he will Protector of the Galaxy buddy Chris Pratt, along for the ride. However, it turns out that Pratt may have to compete with the breakout star of The young for a plum roll.

Ten years ago, James Gunn was a respected screenwriter with some directing credits, but not a particularly famous filmmaker. Chris Pratt was a comedian best known for his role as a goofball in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and supporting roles in films such as Jennifer’s body (2009) and The five-year commitment (2012).

Then Marvel Studios released Protector of the Galaxy (2014), a feature film about a then-unknown cosmic superhero team that catapulted both men into the top ranks of Hollywood. In 2024, James Gunn is one of the world’s most popular comic book directors and the creative head of DC Universe, Warner Bros. Discovery’s attempt to salvage the ashes of the intellectual property from Zack Snyder’s DC Expanded Universe. Meanwhile, Chris Pratt is one of the world’s biggest box office draws, with Jurassic World, Super Mario, Garfieldand MCU franchises to his credit, as well as a hugely popular spy series on Amazon Prime Video. The terminal list.

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Now that James Gunn has fully moved from Marvel to DC, speculation is rife over whether or not Chris Pratt will follow him. Pratt has mostly kept a low profile, expressing his interest in moving to the other side, saying, “Well, it probably makes more sense for me to be Star-Lord again. But anything is possible, especially with James (Gunn) at DC. Maybe there’s something over there that would be just right. Maybe both. How about both? Let’s do both. I think it’s 100% both.”

DC Comics fans were particularly intrigued by the possibility of Chris Pratt playing Booster Gold, the slick futuristic blowhard turned superhero created by Dan Jurgens, and Gunn has already announced a film of the same name. Booster Gold series, and Pratt commented on his casting, saying, “If James thought I was right for it, you know I would consider it.”

But other DC fans are pushing for another blonde superstar for the role: Antony Starr, who plays the main antagonist/evil Superman analogue, Homelander, in the Amazon Prime Video series The young.

But while Chris Pratt may have some competition in the role of the self-aggrandizing superhero, it turns out that Antony Starr actually has no idea what people are talking about.

I wouldn’t bet on Antony Starr playing for Booster Gold.

The complete #happysadconfused with the cast of THE BOYS: https://t.co/ElwWaK4oWV pic.twitter.com/AN4I15tYdU

— Josh Horowitz (@joshuahorowitz) July 8, 2024

In a conversation with Josh Horowitz about the Happy Sad Confused Podcast that Boys The actor revealed that he actually had no idea who Booster Gold was, taking a swipe at the fan casting by saying, “Booster Gold. What does he do?” Starr responded, “No, tell me. I really don’t know. I’m a little slow… Does he have blonde hair? Wow, how did you come up with that? You really dug deep for that.”

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Starr also hinted that the physical strain and his age were against the idea of ​​playing Booster Gold, saying, “I’m getting old and my body doesn’t want to do a lot of action anymore. I want to sit and say, ‘Hey, you can’t do that.’ I want to sit behind a desk and CSI show.”

On the other hand, there will only be one more season of The youngso maybe he’ll fancy playing a weird super-being for a while longer. Keep an eye on your James Gunn roles, Chris Pratt.

Who would you like to see play Booster Gold?