Chris Pratt may be a buff action hero these days, but he hasn't shed the goofy personality that made him so endearing on Parks and Recreation. Fashion magazines can doll him up all they want, but he's still going to keep it real.
Case in point: His latest photo shoot for InStyle. The magazine named the actor its "Man of Style" for September, and Pratt couldn't resist picking apart the resulting images.
"Full disclosure: I did not pick out any of the clothes which is kinda funny for a guy who is called the 'Man of Style,'" he captioned a shot of him looking either lost or like he's trying to read crib notes off his hand. "I mostly like T-shirts with American flags on them. Usually I go for the one on the top of the 'shirt pile' but I want to promote this nice magazine called InStyle Magazine because everyone who was there that hot day we were doing the photo shoot was really nice. They had nice food spread out. And they played good country music. And there were horses all over the place. I feel like I took some pictures with some horses but those didn't make the magazine. Maybe I accidentally closed my eyes or maybe the horse's agent threw a Hollywood bitch fit for some reason.
"The people who picked out the clothes have good style. No doubt. Oh! They even gave me a shirt!!!! Such a nice shirt. Like a flannel shirt but made out of pajamas and the thing cost like $500 or something ridiculous but they just gave it to me!!! So. Anyways. Hopefully this helps them at least sell $500 worth of magazines to make up for that sweet-ass shirt. It's up in Washington so I can't send a pic right now of the shirt. But trust me. It's great."
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There's more where that came from, including horses and sweat-concealing caps.
"In this photo I try to casually put my left hand in my pocket but the pants are so tight I get the tip of three fingers in. Also I was sweating so bad they give me that hat."
"Here I'm pretending to itch my neck in a Canadian tuxedo. Also, I am squinting. And thinking, 'Hmm, is it smokey in here? Am I allergic to smoke? Does it make my neck itchy?'"
"Ok. So the @instylemagazine photographer saw my earlier post and sent this photo! Proof! I did stand next to a horse. And also, I put that hat on the horse's head. Boom. My idea! #classic and it didn't even freak out. I learned how to do that when I was making the #magnificent7. I basically learned a ton about dressing horses in funny clothes, hats, scarves, the like, you'll see a lot of that in the movie. Our horses are wearing funny little hats and boots and smoking pipes. Does anyone ever read this shit? Haha! That's not true. None of it. Well the part about me putting the hat on the horse's head is true. I'm like the horse whisperer. Right after this I got it to stand on one foot and break a board with a blindfold on. Then I jumped it. Over a mountain. Not to brag."
So, yeah, that was pretty delightful. More of this, please!