Read on to see what Pratt had to say and to find out how his fellow actor reacted to the surprising challenge. READ THIS NEXT: Harrison Ford Wouldn’t Make Eye Contact With This Co-Star, Reports Say. Pratt’s decision to challenge a fellow actor to spar didn’t come out of nowhere—even if he had no memory of doing it. The Parks and Recreation star was a wrestler in high school. This past experience inspired him to produce a documentary about Olympic wrestler Helen Maroulis, as reported by Deadline. It’s also overlapped with his career in other ways, like being interviewed by his former coaches. Pratt explained on The Late Late Show that his wrestling past combined with a sleeping aid made him challenge his co-star over text. “There was a moment in my life where I would take sleep aids to help me sleep, and I don’t anymore because of things like this,” he explained. “I would text people and I’d black out. No idea what I’m texting people. On, like, an Ambien.” For more celebrity news delivered right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb After one night of forgotten texting, Pratt said that his Guardians of the Galaxy co-star Dave Bautista brought up a message he sent. “He goes, ‘Hey man, that text you sent last night.’ I go, ‘What text?’ He goes, ‘You don’t remember?’” At this, Pratt did an impression of Bautista laughing loudly and at length. “He walks out, I was like, ‘What did I text him?’ I look at my phone: It’s a text like this long,” he added. Pratt continued, “It was like ‘Dave? I want to wrestle. I want to wrestle you. No one needs to know, but I just want to know, I think I could take you. I think I can wrestle you, bro, like collegiate rules. No elbows, no knees. I just want—I want to feel the power.’” Bautista is not only an actor but a former professional wrestler, who spent many years as part of WWE, which explains why he laughed in Pratt’s face about his Ambien text. In fact, it’s Bautista’s wrestling background that made him a good fit for his fearsome Guardians of the Galaxy character, Drax the Destroyer. “I was mortified, like, oh my god,” Pratt said of realizing what he sent Bautista. “Dave would kill me.” Host James Corden added, “I fancy your chances against a lot of people. You should never, ever wrestle him.” Pratt concluded, “He is by far the toughest dude in all of Hollywood.” READ THIS NEXT: Tommy Lee Jones Told This Co-Star He “Hated” Him to His Face.
