"That's kind of fire": Marvel star Chris Pratt almost had a different name at the start of his career

Marvel Actor Chris Pratt recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote The Terminal List Season 2. There, Pratt discussed his past as a waiter in Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.'s Maui branch. The star revealed that he almost went by a different name nearly 30 years ago.

Pratt was going to go by the name "Christo" because the "pher" portion of the name on his name tag had rubbed off. It seems that the Marvel actor was discovered by a director who had visited the Maui branch.

"The backstory is, I was discovered at a restaurant in Maui called the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. I was waiting tables and [a director] gave me an audition, and that changed my life. And I had a name tag that I had written Christopher on. And there's only like a middle part where it doesn't rub off and the Sharpie on the outside rubbed off. And over time it just said "Christo"."

Pratt further continued:

"And so at Bubba Gump, everyone thought my name was Christo. And so everyone called me Christo. "Hey, Christo, Christo." And I was like, "That's kind of fire. I think I'm gonna go with just Christo? Mono name, like, you know... -Cher? -...Madonna or something. -Yeah, yeah, Christo. -I was almost... Christo."

The Marvel actor would have gone by a different name:

Fallon then went on to say that "Christo" could be a suitable name for a stage performer, including as a name for a risqué male dancer. The show's band then started playing music, and Pratt danced to it, eliciting laughter from the host. After that the actor went on to talk about The Terminal List Season 2 and even released a clip from it.

Then, a clip from The Terminal List Season 2 was also released on the late-night comedy show. In that clip, we see James Reece involved in a shootout in South Africa. We don't know anything else from the clip. However, there is one thing that the interview did not discuss: Pratt's future in the MCU, especially with Avengers: Doomsday just two months away from its release date.

What do we know about Chris Pratt's Marvel future going forward?

As of now, we don't know if Pratt is appearing in the next two Avengers movies or not. There are no leaks indicating Star-Lord/Peter Quill's involvement in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Leaked concept art from 2025 suggested a friendship between Vision and Star-Lord, but we don't know if the Russo Brothers will film the scene for Avengers: Doomsday/Secret Wars or not.

Early this year, Chris Pratt was asked about his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Josh Horowitz. To this, the actor responded:

“I personally have a really strong vision of what I would want him to do. And I think it's f***ing great. I'm down to contribute any way I can to them setting up the next 10 years of storytelling. And also I have a pretty strong idea of how I think I could contribute to that."

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You can watch Chris Pratt in The Terminal List Season 2 on October 21, 2026, on Prime Video. As for his Marvel projects, you can catch them on Disney+.

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