Chris Pratt enlists military veterans as technical advisors for ‘The Terminal List'

In his much-awaited series for Amazon Prime Video, Terminal List, seasoned actor Chris Pratt will be seen stepping into shoes of a Navy veteran and is surrounded on camera as well as behind lens by veterans of U.S. military.

Notably, in his 2013 venture Zero Dark Thirty, Pratt played role of Navy SEALs who helped kill Osama Bin Len.” For that role, he showed Jared Shaw, a real Navy SEAL, whom he now counts as one of his “very best” friends.

“He was in my wedding,” said Pratt, speaking about his friendship with Shaw to media. duo also shared an apartment briefly before Pratt moved in with now-wife Karine Schwarzenegger Pratt.

Shaw introduced Pratt to book Terminal List penned by Jack Carr, which follows journey of a Navy SEAL named Jack Reece, whose platoon is ambushed in a covert operation. When Reece returns home, he begins to question both his memories of what happened and world around him.

Jared Shaw's foray into ' Terminal List'

Pratt loved book so much that he optioned it with Antoine Fuqua directing first episode and serving as a co-executive producer alongside Pratt and ors. Furrmore, Shaw was ded as an associate producer and also has a role in show. team hired real special ops members to appear in a major combat scene in first episode that sets series in motion. It also employed former members of military behind--scenes in a variety of roles.

Speaking to media, Pratt stated that he wanted Terminal List premiering on July 1, to have a “layer of aunticity” that many Hollywood productions featuring special ops don’t have.

“Action films over time have turned Navy SEALs into superheroes. I think when actual SEALs watch that stuff, y’re like, ‘Nah, that’s Hollywood (expletive.)’”

Chris Pratt on enrolling ex-Special ops veterans as technical visors

By enlisting former special ops as technical visors, Pratt said y could say, ‘Hey, guys, that’s not what that should look like. You have to do it again.’” goal was “to try to honor that community and make this for that community, So y’d watch us and go, ‘Wow. That’s actually very accurate.”’

Beyond realism, Pratt says it makes sense to enlist former military to work on Hollywood productions. “y wake up and look for work to get done,” he said.

“I love that transition for people getting out of service and joining film and television industry. It’s a really great place for m. It’s very similar in a chain of command. You have departments, and you have initiatives that come down from top. We h props department people, we h wardrobe people, we h hair and makeup people, we h extras, location people, we h actors, writers, producers who were former military,” he said.

Carr has written four or books about Reese character, and Pratt says he’s game to continue story on screen. If that happens, he will “make sure” to continue to hire former armed service members. “y fit great,” he said.

It’s also a point of pride for Pratt to help Shaw realize a personal dream of going into showbiz. He h questioned wher attempting a career in Hollywood was realistic.

“It was very serendipitous that we met. (Shaw) h been an actor in high school... I was like, ‘Hey, dude. You know, I love this sort of bubble that I live in. And I know that in part, it’s created by men and women who pick up a gun and grab ir boots and ir uniform, and y go to work ... You bought our freedom and I appreciate that.’ I said, ’It’s time to maybe enjoy some of spoils of his service ... Jump into film and television industry. It’s thriving. It’s booming. And we need you.’”

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