A very strange incident has come out about how Marvel asks actors to prepare for their roles.
Chris Pratt who played the role of Star Lord in the MCU has revealed that to get in the shape for his role he had to go through a very strict plan. He said that Marvel’s nutritionist had asked him to drink 220 glasses of water a day. One glass for each pound of his weight (he weighed ~220 pounds)
Pratt went on to describe the experience as a ‘nightmare’ as he had to lose around 60 pounds in six months to look like the action hero he became in the end.
This is one of the many incidents when an actor spoke about the way Disney and Marvel treat their actors.
Back in 2021, Scarlet Johansson, who played Black Widow, one of the original Avengers, had sued Disney for a breach of contract. Disney had released ‘Black Widow’ simultaneously in Theatres and Disney+ which breached the contract as a part of Johansson’s salary depended on box office.
Are there more incidents like this? There must be, but will the actors share it, it’s highly unlikely as Disney (the parent company of the MCU) unofficially is the leader of Hollywood at the moment.
