Chris Pratt Says He Was ‘Living in a Van’ With ‘About $60’ Before Big Hollywood Break

“Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Chris Pratt may be enjoying a lavish life as a movie star these days—but before he achieved major success in Hollywood, he was a restaurant server living humbly in Hawaii.In an Oct. 29 post shared on X, the “Jurassic World” actor, 47, opened up about the unlikely encounter that turned it all around.“Before Hollywood, I was living in a van in Hawaii and waiting tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. One day, the incredible Rae Dawn Chong walked into the restaurant, and naturally, I went up to her table and said, ‘Hey, you’re a movie star! What are you doing here?’” he wrote.When Chong, who starred in “The Color Purple,” asked Pratt if he could act, he recalled replying, “F-ck yeah, put me in your movie!”From there, Chong asked for Pratt’s phone number.Loading...Chris Pratt is sharing the unlikely story of the moment Rae Dawn Chong gave him his big Hollywood break.Frederick M. Brown/Getty ImagesLoading...Before making it big as an actor, Pratt was "living in a van" in Hawaii. Today, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger.Amy Sussman/Getty Images“The only problem was I didn’t have one,” he said. “So I gave her my buddy Mike’s numb...