Pratt said that he was given the name while working as a waiter at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Company

Exclusive: Chris Pratt tells us about the challenges of his "very technical" role in screenlife thriller Mercy

"As I navigated being discovered and brought to Los Angeles to follow my dreams, part of me thought, in earnest, 'Maybe I'd go as just Christo.'"

Chris Pratt shared that he almost went by a different moniker as he made his break into Hollywood, and which famous actor he recently got called by.

Chris Pratt told Variety Tuesday night at the New York premiere of “Mercy” that he doesn’t “feel like someone’s gonna replace me” with AI. He added that the panic surrounding synthetic AI performers like Tilly Norwood is “all bullshit.”

Mercy lands in cinemas tomorrow, and the name might be appropriate based on the first reviews for the new sci-fi thriller. The new movie star Chris Pratt as a detective who is put on trial for the murder of his wife and must prove his innocence to an AI judge (Rebecca Ferguson).

Pratt discussed the Bruce Willis inspiration and the fallout during a recent interview with Extra, in a YouTube clip featuring both him and his Mercy co-star Rebecca Ferguson. While promoting the film,

Chris Pratt’s sci-fi thriller “Mercy” will aim to knock down the James Cameron juggernaut “Avatar: Fire and Ash” at the weekend box office. “Mercy” is aiming for $10 million to $13 million from 3,400 North American theaters over the weekend.