In the baseball film Moneyball, which starred Brad Pitt, Chris Pratt played the part of Scott Hatteberg. But he nearly didn’t get the chance to play the part.

Billy Beane’s analytical approach as general manager of the Oakland Athletics in the late 90s is the inspiration for the film. In the film, Hatteberg is shown as one of Beane’s outstanding signings while he was the general manager of the A’s.

Pratt revealed his audition process, which including going to a baseball tryout, in a 2011 interview with Moneyline:

There were hundreds of baseball players during the physical audition I attended. All of these me𝚗 were former baseball players, either in the minor or big leagues, for domestic or international clubs, or even from college. Real baseball players, these me𝚗 had tattoos of bats all over their bodies.”We did a tryout, and that’s how they cast 95 percent of the baseball players, was just based on physical ability and the likeness to the real players in real life,” according to him.

The actor Chris Pratt has come clean about his near-miss with the role in the critically acclaimed film.

The part was desired by a large number of people, but Pratt admitted in the interview that he was only one among many.As soon as I read it, I was astounded. Bennett Miller, the director of Moneyball, was my first casting director, and I felt like everything went swimmingly. What we discovered seemed like some genuine moments.

In addition, he revealed that he nearly didn’t get the part because the casting crew thought he was overweight:

Afterwards, my agent contacted me just before I departed to inform me, ‘Chris, they actually felt you were fantastic, but they think you’re too overweight.’  Really? I was like, “F—” What a jеrk.Sure, I can cut back on my food intake. Was it told to them that I could lose weight? Yes, we did inform them. So yet, no one else has been offered it. No assurance is given, however…”

Was Chris Pratt’s weight loss a factor in his casting?

Chris Pratt did, in fact, lose 30 pounds in the three months leading up to his audition for the role of Scott Hatteberg.

“I just hung up the phone, and from that point on, it was about a seven-month process from that moment until the end of filming,” said the actor.It took another three months until I heard about the part, but I lost thirty pounds during that time. I was Һell-bent on playing Scott Hatteberg, regardless of the casting call.

Also, the actor said that playing Scott was tough, but that working with Moneyball’s Philip Seymour Hoffman—who played Art Howe—helped him succeed.