Chris Pratt, in a recent interview with Men’s Fitness, touched on a number of topics including the kind of stories that he relates to. The 37-year-old actor, however, drew flak for his comments on the representation of blue-collared Americans in movies today.
“I don’t see personal stories that necessarily resonate with me, because they’re not my stories. I think there’s room for me to tell mine, and probably an audience that would be hungry for them. The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood,” he was quoted saying.
Wikipedia defines a blue-collar worker as a working class person who performs non-agricultural manual labour. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled manufacturing, mining, sanitation, custodial work, oil field work, construction, mechanical maintenance, warehousing, firefighting, technical installation and many other types of physical work.
Pratt’s comments drew criticism on Twitter, with users noting that several recent movies, including Oscar winner Manchester By The Sea and Fences that highlighted the struggles of working-class people.
Incidentally, Pratt also starred as blue-collar musician Andy on the TV series Parks and Recreation for seven seasons.
@RachMace @Falcon_Worsley @FrantzRunnem @YoDee33 @prattprattpratt 30 second list:
October Sky
8 Mile
Brokeback Mountain
Goodwill Hunting
Clerks
Maid in Manhattan
Cinderella Man
Manchester by the Sea— Tavie Meier (@taviecrockett) April 22, 2017
@prattprattpratt We all say dumb stuff. Say, can I recommend ABC’s #Speechless? 🙂
— John Ross Bowie (@JohnRossBowie) April 21, 2017
@mydoggigi @JohnRossBowie @prattprattpratt Isn’t that the same role his friend Matt Damon had in that Hunting film?
— Nathan Dunlop (@NDFilmNZ) April 22, 2017
@FoxRoss @xayide @marieclaire So those movies represent blue collar workers? They represent someone who does manual labor for hourly pay? Have never seen them…
— Gingy (@gingersmith60) April 22, 2017
Pratt has since apologised for his remarks and called it a “pretty stupid thing to say”.
That was actually a pretty stupid thing to say. I’ll own that. There’s a ton of movies about blue collar America. https://t.co/DclYfNsiv3
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) April 21, 2017
Meanwhile, the Guardians Of The Galaxy actor was recently honoured at the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and chose his wife Anna Faris to speak for him.
I’m getting a star today.???♥️ https://t.co/uPIttA8Yzr
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) April 21, 2017
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Pic: Screen Rant
