Striving for authenticity

The Terminal List Amazon Prime

Hollywood actor Chris Pratt brings author Jack Carr's bestseller The Terminal List to the small screen in a new television adaptation of the first novel in the hit book series.

The Jurassic World star plays Navy SEAL officer James Reece who is trying to find out why his former platoon was ambushed on a botched mission. Pratt and Carr spoke about the action thriller, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Excerpts are edited for length and clarity.

Q You have a newborn at home, star in Jurassic World Dominion and Thor: Love and Thunder and you're bringing out The Terminal List. How are you feeling?

Pratt This has been a fantastic summer, most importantly, the birth of my daughter, Eloise

... and, yeah, it's been a really intense moment of projects all coming out at the same time and it's ... the culmination of several years' worth of work ... which is great, and I feel very, very blessed.

Q How important was it to make this as authentic as possible?

Pratt It was the entire driving force behind all of our creative ambition. We employed several military members both in front of and behind the camera. We were hyper-focused on authenticity and honouring the community. We wanted to make this show for the spec ops community, so when they watch it they'd say “wow, that one got it.”

Q Did you set any conditions on bringing the book to screen?

Carr No conditions, like do your thing, do your magic, you have the best in the business. ... To have them want me to be a part of it was humbling and an honour.