Avengers: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland 'mocked and gave each other CRAP' on new movie for THIS

The two Hollywood stars finally crossed paths in Avengers Infinity War with some top banter between Star-Lord and Spider-Man. But now the loveable actors are teaming up again for Pixar’s Onward.

Set in a fantasy world that’s forgotten magic, Tom Holland plays Ian Lightfoot, a teenage elf, while Chris Pratt is older brother Barley.

The pair find themselves on a quest when they have just 24 hours to bring back their dead dad for one day – as the first spell only returned his legs.

This week Onward’s producer Kori Rae presented a press preview of the movie, where she opened up about casting the Marvel stars.

Plus the brotherly “crap” they gave each other in the one recording session they did together.

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Avengers: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland ‘mocked and gave each other CRAP’ on new movie for THIS (Image: MARVEL)

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Tom Holland and Chris Pratt promoting Onward at D23 (Image: GETTY)

The Pixar producer said of casting Holland: “We wanted somebody who had that innocence and that little bit of awkwardness.

“And Tom can really bring that home and yet also have a sense of vulnerability and be able to go to that emotional place.

“We focused on Ian first and once we cast Tom then we went and looked to cast Barely.

“And that’s when we came upon Chris as well.”

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Star-Lord and Spider-Man had some great banter in Avengers Infinity War (Image: MARVEL)

On casting Pratt, she said: “He’s so amazing, he’s the most wonderful human being; just a pleasure to work with.

“So I think what was important was we didn’t want him to be over-the-top all the time.

“And so we talked to him about how to find that sensitive spot and kinda have that tenderness you talked about.

“That was really important because he needs to be a likable character and if he’s over-the-top and a little grating, it wouldn’t have worked.”

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Rae added: “Man that’s Chris’ superpower because he can be all of that bigness and loud and crazy and then he’s all of that heart underneath.

“And it really comes through in his acting, so it was perfect.”

On their single recording session together she said: “Their schedules were impossible.

“We got them together just once, but it was fantastic.”

The Onward producer added: “It’s so funny because of course they know each other through working together [on Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame] and they are brotherly in an interesting way.

“So it was really fun. They just kinda gave each other crap during the session.

“Tom would screw up and Chris would mock him for it and vice versa, so it was really, really fun. We got some great stuff out of the session.”

Onward is released in UK cinemas on March 6, 2020.

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