Chris Pratt Reveals the Most Difficult Part of Filming His New Movie "Mercy" and How Working with the LAPD Prepared Him (Exclusive) Latoya Gayle, Kimberlee SpeakmanOctober 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM 0 Lev Radin/Shutterstock Chris Pratt Chris Pratt spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about his upcoming movie Mercy ...
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Chris Pratt spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about his upcoming movie Mercy while attending New York Comic Con on Thursday, Oct. 9
The actor, 46, revealed he performed a series of stunts while working alongside the LAPD to gain a deeper understanding of his character
"These guys are heroes, and the trouble that they encounter and the trauma they see on a day-to-day basis is really, really staggering," Pratt tells PEOPLE of homicide detectives
Chris Pratt is taking on new challenges for his upcoming thriller, Mercy!
While attending New York Comic Con at the Javits Center on Thursday, Oct. 9, the actor, 46, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about how he prepared for his new film. He stars as an L.A. detective who has limited time to uncover the truth about his wife's death after being blamed for her murder.
Pratt revealed that the most difficult part of working on Mercy came while he was spending time with law enforcement officers to gain a deeper understanding of his character.
"I had an opportunity to work with the LAPD and their homicide division and so I was able to go down and talk to those guys," Pratt tells PEOPLE, adding that he performed stunts while working alongside the police. "It was really incredible. I mean some of the stunt work we did was really great."
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Chris Pratt in 'Mercy'
The Guardians of the Galaxy star says performing stunts wasn't the most challenging aspect of his time with the LAPD.
"We got to drive, cop cars and do some like cool bar fight stuff, but, the majority of the difficulty was just kind of hearing some of these stories and wow, it's a real testament," he says. "Like we kind of take it for granted here we are in New York City, but there's a homicide detective out there right now working a homicide."
"We don't really see much about that necessarily in the news, but man, these guys are heroes and and the the trouble that they encounter and the trauma they see on a day to day basis is really really staggering," he adds.
Pratt says he is bringing a feel of the hard work done by homicide detectives to his Mercy character, Chris.
"This is a character who's been a homicide detective for multiple years," he tells PEOPLE. "He's actually put people on this on trial in this mercy court and so he's now part of, he's helped to create this thing and now it's coming back to haunt him."
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Chris Pratt at New York Comic Con
While at New York Comic Con, Pratt joined costar Kali Reis and director Timur Bekmambetov on a panel. The father of four revealed that he specifically requested to be strapped in while filming scenes that show his character in a futuristic chair during his 90-minute murder trial.
"I asked them to confine me in it," Pratt said. "So I couldn't, I didn't have to pretend that I was strapped down."
"I was cuffed to this chair both at the feet and at the hands," he continued. "And for part of it with my head at the end when I'm about to be — well, I don't wanna ruin the movie! — but, I'm strapped to this thing."
Mercy is set to hit theaters on Jan. 23, 2026.
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