Chris Pratt Wants Star-Lord to Team Up With Deadpool — Is the MCU Ready?

Let’s be honest, nobody really sits around daydreaming about which Marvel hero Star-Lord should team up with next. He’s already anchored the Guardians of the Galaxy, so that feels like asking who Batman’s favourite sidekick is. That said, Chris Pratt – who plays the music-loving space rogue – was pressed on this very question while doing the rounds for Deadpool & Wolverine. His answer? Not what I expected at first… but the more I thought about it, the more it clicked.

Pratt’s Pick: Star-Lord Meets Merc With The Mouth

During a chat with ScreenRant, Pratt was asked point blank which Marvel character he’d actually want to pair up with, now that the Disney-Fox merger means the MCU is a much bigger toy box. He shouted out the Fox era before revealing his top choice: the one and only Deadpool. Here’s what Pratt actually said:

"I really, really loved Deadpool. I think Ryan [Reynolds] goated himself with that performance. He really nailed it."

Now, Pratt did backpedal a touch, saying he’d just 'love to be there for the process' of Deadpool coming into the MCU. But let’s not pretend he wouldn’t leap at the chance to buddy up with Ryan Reynolds’ quick-talking, fourth-wall-demolishing mercenary. It’s a recipe for comic gold, if you ask me.

Why It Actually Makes Brilliant Sense

At first glance, a Star-Lord and Deadpool double act feels like fan-fiction territory. Dig a bit deeper and the combination is kind of perfect. Here’s why:

• Pop Culture Junkies (But VERY Different)
  Deadpool fires out pop culture references like a machine gun – usually tied directly to whatever’s trending that year, so yeah, bits of the first two movies already feel a bit dated. But that’s part of the charm, really – they’re intentionally locked to their era, like time capsules stuffed with fourth-wall gags.
• Star-Lord’s References, Meanwhile…
  …are basically frozen in amber. The man got scooped up into space as a kid and never really updated his cultural knowledge, so everything he quotes is pure ’70s and ’80s nostalgia. Think old mixtapes and films he half-remembers. Picture Star-Lord quoting Footloose while Deadpool roasts him with a TikTok meme – you know that dynamic would be absolute chaos.

Also, just imagine how Deadpool would handle Star-Lord’s connection to literally the other Chris Pratt franchise. There’s no universe where we don’t get at least one Jurassic Park dig, and Star-Lord’s reaction would be priceless confusion.

Origin Stories And How We Got Here

Back in 2014, Marvel was in a very different place. Disney didn’t own Fox yet, so the Guardians lived in the MCU and mutants were busy brooding in their own separate, increasingly incomprehensible timelines. Guardians of the Galaxy was the oddball newcomer, and Chris Pratt turned Star-Lord from a deep-cut comic character into someone everyone recognises on sight.

Deadpool had a much rougher go of it – remember 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Deadpool technically showed up there, but as a wise human you’ve definitely blanked most of that film from memory, along with the mouthless interpretation of the character. It wasn’t until 2016 that Reynolds, after years of pushing, finally gave the world the full-fat, R-rated Wade Wilson. Since then, Deadpool’s basically been unstoppable, and Ryan Reynolds now wears the character like a second skin.

Are We Getting This Crossover?

No-one’s announced any plans to properly team up Pratt’s Star-Lord and Reynolds’ Deadpool in the MCU yet. For what it’s worth, neither actor is confirmed for the next Avengers film, Avengers: Doomsday, as of now. Still, the sheer potential of throwing those two together – one stuck in the ’80s, the other chained to the present – honestly feels like the sort of chaos the MCU needs every now and again.