Chris Prattknew exactly what to do to win overArnold Schwarzenegger: hit the gym together!
“I get along with him really well,” Arnold told hostJimmy Kimmelof Pratt, 40, sharing that theAvengers: Endgameactor asked him for his daughter’s hand in marriage in a “very traditional way.”
But first, they needed to get acquainted — and for Pratt, that meant proving to the legendary actor, politician and former bodybuilder that he could hold his own in the weight room.
“Of course, the first thing when we met, he says, ‘Can we have a workout together? I need to have the inside scoop to the pumping iron,’ ” Arnold said.
And that turned out to be the trick for getting Arnold on board with having Pratt as his son-in-law.
“Pumping iron was the decision-making factor, absolutely. Wewere in the gym, that was it,” Arnold joked.
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He also praised Pratt as “a strong guy” whom he’s “very proud of,” quipping of that first gym session, “When I watched him make his moves in the gym, the incline press specifically did it. [That’s] why I wanted him to become my son-in-law. It was the incline press.”
Though Arnold joked that when he first found out about Katherine’s relationship with Pratt, he was wary.
“I was blown away when my daughter was telling methat she was going out with him,” Arnold said. “[I was like], ‘Do you have to be so competitive? I mean, do you have to have a guy that is taller than me, that is bigger than me, that is doing bigger movies than me … makes more money than me? What is going on here?’ ”
In all seriousness, though, “I’m really happy that he is such a great guy,” shared theCommandostar. “Not only a very talented guy and a great actor and a great star and all this stuff, but a really kind man and kind to my daughter, which is the most important thing for me.”
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The couplemarried on June 8at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California after a year of dating, andjetted off on a Hawaiian honeymoontwo weeks later.
At the D23 Expo in August, theParks and Recreationalum opened upabout his marital bliss, tellingEntertainment Tonighthe considered himself a “lucky” man.
“God is good. I feel really good, really blessed,” he said. “Everything is great.”
Terminator: Dark Fateis in theaters Friday.
source: people.com
