Chris Pratt got recognized by a Hollywood woman while working a shift he rarely took. She asked for his number for an audition; he gave his buddy's instead. At the audition, the casting director offered him the role on the spot and flew him to Los Angeles to film.
I picked up a shift, which I never did. I was always giving my shifts away. I picked one up from my buddy, and then I saw this woman that I recognized from the movies. She's from Hollywood. Yeah. Door-to-door sales, you know, go kick that door down. And I was just immediately like, you're a movie star. She was like, you're cute, do you act? I was like, fuck yeah, I act. And she was like, do you really? I said, yeah, yeah, I've got it. I'm an actor. And she said, well, give me your phone number, I've got an audition for you. And at the time, I didn't have a phone. So I gave her my buddy's phone number. Well, we need to audition you. I'm leaving tomorrow. I was like, great, what do I do? And so I borrowed my buddy's van, I drove to the other side of the island, I picked up the script, I went home, uh, read the whole thing like 3 times, the script. And then I went and auditioned, and halfway through she was like, you're good, we're gonna use you. And I said, does it— does it shoot here on the island? She was like, it shoots in LA. I was like, I can't— I can't afford to go to LA. She said, sweetie, we'll fly you there.
