Los Angeles June 23 (IANS) Actor Chris Pratt has come a long way from his days stripping and living in a van to become one of Hollywoods most lovable and bankable action stars.
The actor who has two blockbusters in theaters this summer with "Avengers: Infinity Wars" and "Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom" is poised for another profitable year.
Listed as the fifth "best actor for the buck" by Forbes last year Pratt raked in $43 million over the past two years according to the outlet and is expected to make $10 million for the new "Jurassic World" movie alone reports Variety.com.
While the actor grew up in a blue collar household and was homeless for a time he always knew he d be successful and famous one day.
"My high school wrestling coach reminds me about this time I came into his office and he said ‘Chris what do you want to do with yourself? " Pratt told Entertainment Weekly in 2014.
He added: "I was like ‘I don t know but I know I ll be famous and I know I ll make a s- ton of money. "
Still Pratt had no idea how he was going to accomplish that. "I ve never really had a plan " he told people.com in 2014. "I ve always been a bit of a ham I guess."
Growing up in Lake Stevens Wash. he cultivated his charm by selling blackberries door-to-door. As of 2014 Pratt s mother was still working at a Safeway grocery store and his father who died that same year was a gold miner who later worked in construction.
Pratt studied acting at a local community college for half a semester but dropped out when he saw what he thought was a good money making opportunity reports people.com.
At 19 he began working as a stripper. "I was always a very much naked person. I loved to always get naked. I was very free so I thought I may as well get paid " he told Buzzfeed in 2013.
Pratt gave up the stripper life when a friend invited him to live off the land in Hawaii. "I had a friend who was like ‘Dude you ve got to come out here " Pratt told EW. "We set up camp on the beach and lived the dream."

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