Out and about on the promotional campaign for ‘The LEGO Movie,’ MTV News asked Chris Pratt what grabbed him about the material of ‘Jurassic World’ – aside from the fact that it’s an opportunity to join the ‘Jurassic Park’ universe, “What I liked about it was it answers the question of ‘Why would you do that?’ Like, how do you suspend disbelief to be like, ‘Oh yes, let’s make this mistake again. We haven’t learned out lesson about dinosaurs, we should definitely live with them and see how that works out!’ after like three tries at it. They answer the question really well through the script. Colin did a great job of writing it and justifying it and in his own way having fun with that, so anybody who goes in with that question will be really amused—the way I was—about how they answer that.”
On the topic of director Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt talked about working with the filmmaker, “He’s got a great vision for the movie… It’s awesome that Steven Spielberg is taking a chance on this guy because he’s got a really clear vision. I sat down with him and it was kind of like with me and [Guardians of the Galaxy director] James [Gunn], we just kind of started getting excited about this.”
Finally, asked whether his character in ‘Jurassic World’ is more like Jeff Goldblum’s character or Sam Neill’s character from the original, Chris Pratt said, “He’s got a little of both. He’s got a little bit of the Goldblum cynicism but also the Sam Neill excitement at the wonder of the biology of it all, so it’s a combination.”
Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan and Ty Simpkins are also set to star in ‘Jurassic World.’ Colin Trevorrow is directing from a script he wrote with Derek Connolly, though plot details remain under wraps. Trevorrow’s first film, ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ starred Pratt’s ‘Parks and Recreation’ love interest Aubrey Plaza. ‘Jurassic Park’ director Steven Spielberg is producing the sequel with Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley, and Universal will release ‘Jurassic World’ on June 12th, 2015.