

His suit allows him to travel through space, increase his strength and he has a powerful weapon called an element gun which fires earth, water, fire and air. But while on a space station, Quill is visited by Master of the Sun and gets transformed into Star-Lord, who is tasked with policing the galaxy. It's no wonder he grew up to be an astronaut. Though is recent TV work and appearances in films like Five-Year Engagement don't make him out to be superhero material, Pratt lost weight and toned up for his role in Zero Dark Thirty ( he showed off his muscle a bit on Conan), is now a full-fledged hero.įor those who are not aware, as a child Peter Quill's father died trying to kill him and his mother was killed by an alien.

Pratt will take the lead superhero role of Peter Quill, the astronaut who becomes the guardian known as Star-Lord.

After a search that looked at nearly every male star in Hollywood, Deadline is reporting that Disney and Marvel Studios are making "Parks & Recreation" series regular and Zero Dark Thirty and Moneyball co-star Chris Pratt one of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
