Most movie fans were first drawn to the actor Chris Pratt when he was cast as Star-Lord in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Directed by James Gunn, this movie showed a different side of the MCU that focused on more cosmic entities. However, this movie would have struggled to attract audiences if it wasn't for Pratt's great performance as the quirky and out of his depth human leader of the time. Now that James Gunn is one of the heads of the new DCU franchise, many fans expected him to cast Chris Pratt in a role in this new universe.