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40 Things You May Not Know About Chris Pratt

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40 Things You May Not Know About Chris Pratt

February 22, 2015 by Laura Marie Meyers

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The Start of His Career

After graduating from high school, Chris spent a few semesters at a community college, where he took a theater class.
He's also revealed that he was a stripper when he was 18, working a bachelorette party and — yes — his friend's grandmother's birthday party.
Stripping is just one of the many jobs on his lengthy résumé; Chris also cleaned peoples' cars, painted murals, worked for his dad, worked at a burger joint, spent time as a room-service waiter, and manned the snack bar at a bingo hall.
At one point, he moved to Hawaii, where he waited tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
It was while waiting tables that Chris met a visiting director. He ended up moving to California to star in the 2000 horror comedy movie Cursed Part III.
(He still has nightmares about waiting tables: "They're like the worst nightmare you can have. You're totally in the weeds. You have like six tables. You forgot to put the order in. You're sweating, and you wake up and 'Oh, my God. I'm so glad.'")
For his first role, Chris was paid $700 plus a plane ticket to LA.
He's embarrassed by his cheesy first headshot photo, which came about thanks to some funny, slightly creepy circumstances.
Fans of The WB's early 2000s TV dramas may have first fallen for him when he landed a role on Everwood. That show wrapped in 2006, when he joined The OC as "Ché."

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