Living in a van with $60, Chris Pratt lifts lid on money struggles before hitting Hollywood

A chance meeting at work

Pratt recalled asking Chong what she was doing there and telling her he could act. She asked for his phone number, but he did not have one, so he gave her his friend Mike’s number instead.

From script to audition

Chong called Pratt a few days later and asked him to collect the script. He said it was the first script he had ever read and that he went through all 120 pages three times in a row.

Pratt said he memorized the script before his audition and was offered the part. Chong then told him production would take him to Los Angeles.

A role opened Hollywood’s door

Pratt said he had about $60, a bag of clothes and rollerblades when Chong told him the production would fly him out. He remembered thinking that his life had changed and that he would become an actor. He described “Cursed Part 3” as a low-budget horror comedy that opened the door to Hollywood and said he would always be grateful to Chong for taking a chance on him.

Later roles and family life

Pratt later played Peter Quill in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Andy Dwyer in “Parks and Recreation” and Owen in “Jurassic Park.” The article puts his estimated net worth at $100 million. Pratt and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, have three children: Lyla Maria, 6, Eloise Christina, 4, and Ford Fitzgerald, 1. Pratt also has a son, Jack, 14, with his former wife, Anna Faris.