Alicia Vitarelli chats with Chris Pratt, Tom Holland from Pixar's new movie 'Onward'

Thursday, March 5, 2020
In theaters now, "Onward," the latest Pixar film, is about two brothers on a magical, epic adventure to bring their father back to life for just one day.

The two main actors are no strangers.
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Chris Pratt and Tom Holland play brothers, Barley and Ian Lightfoot. Turns out, they have a similar relationship in real life.

Holland was just a teenager when he first entered the Marvel Universe and says Pratt took him under his wing.



They're reuniting for the new film that's full of magic and adventure.



"It's amazing, I feel like I am in safe hands," Holland says.

"There's something similar about our relationship, you can even see it in the physicality," Pratt laughs.
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Holland and Pratt first met in the Marvel galaxy and now Spider-Man and Star-Lord are teaming up once again.

"This film is all about relationships and brotherhood and Chris and I have worked together for the last 5 years," Holland says.

"We have a pretty strong friendship which you could kind of call a brotherhood," Pratt says.

"They have a big brother, little brother quality," says director, Dan Scanlon. "Tom seems really enamored with Chris, and Chris takes care of Tom in a sweet way, but also gives him a hard time."

"Onward" is based on Scanlon's real-life story.

The only memory he had of his late father was a voice recording and he always imagined a chance to see him in person - if only, just for one day. Scanlon hopes after you see the movie, you hold your loved ones a little closer.
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