Adam Brody nonetheless regrets dropping this position to Chris Pratt

Whereas on the “Just for Variety” podcast, Adam Brody revealed to host Marc Malkin “there have been many” roles he didn’t land that he actually needed.

“The O.C.” star went by means of an inventory of his much less profitable auditions, from Justin Bartha’s position in Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck‘s “Gigli” to a youthful model of Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) within the 2003 “Dumb and Dumber” prequel.

Nonetheless, the current position he was most torn up about was the position of Peter Quill/Star-Lord in “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Chris Pratt in the end received the a part of the earthly chief accountable for a harmful group of misfits making an attempt to avoid wasting the universe within the 2014 Marvel film directed by James Gunn.

Pratt portrayed the character for 2 sequels and a vacation particular.

“I needed that one,” Brody mentioned, admitting that he agrees that Pratt was a “higher” match for the house adventurer.

He added, “However tonally, I actually dug it.”

Brody and Pratt had been transient co-stars on “The O.C.” when the latter performed the activist Ché Prepare dinner, aka Winchester Prepare dinner, within the teen drama’s fourth season.

In keeping with the Hollywood Reporter, over 200 actors auditioned for the half, together with Brody’s “Shazam!” co-star Zachary Levi and “It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia” star Glenn Howerton, who was in the end Gunn’s second alternative.

Pratt, who Gunn merely noticed because the chubby character Andy Dwyer on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” was declared excellent for the position seconds into his audition.

Brody has auditioned for a handful of different superhero films, sharing he learn for “The Inexperienced Lantern” and “was in a ‘Justice League’ one for a minute, an aborted one.”

The actor is lastly making his huge debut within the style in DC’s “Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” after making a shock cameo in 2019’s “Shazam!”

“It was a very long time coming and I don’t know, it was enjoyable,” Brody mentioned.

“It was a novelty, and I might undoubtedly do extra, however at this level in my life and my profession — and at this level within the saturation of them — it didn’t really feel like I’ve arrived.”