Chris Prat has revealed the very strange Christmas gift he received from his father-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The actor, 46, married Katherine, 35, in 2019 a year after the pair met at a church in Hollywood and now share three children together.
Talking on Friday night’s episode of The Graham Norton show, Chris said: ‘Arnie’s love language is going all out with his gifts.
‘One of ours was a six by eight-foot portrait painting of our three children and him dressed as Santa Claus.
‘It’s the most beautiful portrait you’ve ever seen. It’s very lifelike and it’s very big. It was really thoughtful, but we’re not sure what we are meant to do with it for the rest of the year!’
Joined on the sofa by Dawn French, she joked: ‘You can’t regift that really, can you.’
Chris Pratt has revealed the very strange Christmas gift he received from his father-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday night’s Graham Norton show
Chris said he received a a six by eight-foot portrait painting of and Arnold dressed as Santa Claus with the three children he shares with his wife Katherine
The Jurassic World actor has since welcomed three children with Katherine – two daughters called Lyla, five, Eloise, three, and a son Ford, one.
He also has Jack, 13, with his ex with Anna Faris.
Speculation had circled that the couple were introduced by Katherine’s mother Maria Shriver – but Chris has now straightened the story.
‘You know, that’s actually not true,’ said the Guardians of the Galaxy heartthrob in an interview with Steve Doocy on Fox & Friends.
‘I met my wife in church. I was at a church in Hollywood and I looked over and I saw her – I know you’re not supposed to be checking out girls in church, but I’m only human and I just thought: “Wow, she’s really cute”.’
‘And so I was there with my son Jack, and I picked him up from the kids’ program and Jack and I met Katherine at the same time basically, and the rest is history.’
Chris went on to speak about his new AI thriller Mercy, set to hit UK cinemas January 23.
‘It is set in the near distant future and oddly the AI doesn’t seem that farfetched. The story is 90 mins of real time.
He said: ‘Arnie’s love language is going all out with his gifts’ (pictured in 2022)
L-R: Host Graham Norton, Chris, Cynthia Erivo, Dawn French and Rob Beckett
Chris married Katherine, 35, in 2019 a year after the pair met at a church in Hollywood and now share three children together (pictured in 2023)
‘It is a very active movie and such an immersive experience – it keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is awesome, and the reaction to it has been really positive.’
Asked if an AI actor could have played the Judge Maddox role in the movie, he says: ‘No. Everyone was resistant to that. I don’t think it would have worked. I love AI and use it all the time but as a parent it freaks me out. But it is also so cool!’
Along with Dawn, the Parks And Recreation actor was joined on the BBC chat show by Cynthia Erivo, Rob Beckett and Jack Savoretti.
The Wicked star, talking about playing all 23 roles in new stage production Dracula, said: ‘It is ridiculous. It is like Kip William’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, but on crack!
‘Learning the lines was interesting with all the accents and because of what is on stage and what is filmed. It is a complete brain puzzle.’
Dawn raved about her new BBC series Can You Keep a Secret? which she describes as a hybrid between a sitcom and a thriller: ‘I am offered a lot of sitcoms, so I originally did not want to do it at all. A good one is as rare as hens’ teeth, but this is so good.’
While Rob spoke about his latest Rob & Romesh Vs, episodes in which he and Romesh Ranganathan enter the worlds of winter Olympic sports and Shakespeare.
He said: ‘Performing at the Globe was terrifying. There is such a different energy to stand up but we managed a good enough performance.’
Jack will perform We Will Always Be The Way We Were live in the studio before joining Norton for a chat on the sofa.
