Chris Pine reveals the film that changed his life

Chris Pine’s life was changed by The Princess Diaries 2.
The 43-year-old actor starred alongside Dame Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway in the 2004 romantic comedy and Chris admits that filming the movie was a life-changing moment for him.
Chris, who played Nicholas Devereaux in the film, said on the “Today” show: “I just remember knowing clearly at that moment that my life had somehow changed.”
“It was mid-summer and I got off at the Magnolia stop. I was on my tiny silver Verizon flip phone and got a call from my agent telling me I got the job.”
Chris admitted that the money he received for producing the film changed his life.
The actor said: “I pulled over to the side of the road and they said, ‘You’re getting $65,000.’ And it was like they had just told me I had made $50 million. It was absolutely earth-shattering. I’ll never forget that.”
Chris was struggling to pay his bills at the time, and the money gave his home some much-needed space.
He said, “I owed my parents rent.”
Meanwhile, Chris recently revealed that he experienced the “ups and downs” of the film industry as a child.
The Hollywood star, who is the son of actor Robert Pine and actress Gwynne Gilford, explained that he “grew up in a certain kind of Los Angeles that was kind of on the Boulevard of Dreams and kind of on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.”
Speaking to PEOPLE, Chris said: “I’ve seen the ups and downs of the industry. And I grew up around people who were living their dream and people who really wanted to be part of that dream.”