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Chris Pratt compares his Electric State character to Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord

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Chris Pratt has likened his character from The Electric State to his iconic portrayal of Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.

The Netflix film, which is directed by The Russo Brothers, follows Michelle Greene (Millie Bobby Brown) and John D Keats (Pratt) as they embark on an adventure to find her long-lost brother in a war-torn world of humans and sentient robots.

After debuting on Netflix last Friday, Pratt discussed his newest role with Entertainment Weekly. He elucidated that both his character in this project and the Marvel superhero are reflections of their particular eras, being shaped by them just as products are.

“They’re both products of the same era, and so there’s a similarity in the sense of nostalgia for an era that’s bygone,” he said. “Although it’s an alternate version [in The Electric State], it’s the ’90s.

“Obviously, [Peter] Quill has all of these pop culture references to the ’80s, things that helped inform him and who he was before he left Earth at 13. Keats is also a product of that time. So in that regard, they’re similar.”

Pratt, who played Quill/Star-Lord in all three instalments of the Guardians series, elaborated further by noting the characters’ journeys from rebellious outsider to group leader, noting that they both often found themselves in situations bigger than themselves.

“I guess as a character arc goes, they have a journey; they find something bigger than themselves to want to fight for and are willing to sacrifice themselves for,” he explained. “There’s him talking to an animated character through the course of it.

It seems as we converse here, it strikes me that there are some parallels… He almost resembles how Peter Quill might have evolved had he not been taken into space, instead surviving a robot war and fleeing with his robotic companion.

Despite possessing some similarities, Pratt was keen to note that Keats and Star-Lord differed in some aspects, saying: “I think [Keats] is less competent than Star-Lord. I think he’s a bit more inept, a bit more of a goofball, and looks different, the hair and the moustache.”

The Electric State is streaming on Netflix now. All three Guardians of the Galaxy movies and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special are streaming on Disney+.

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2025-03-16 23:50

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