Chris Pratt on Braiding Wife Anna Faris's Hair, Playing a Cowboy, and Shopping Vintage

You grew up in Washington State in the '90s. Was Kurt Cobain a fashion inspiration for you? 

In high school my parents and I had a deal. They would pay for either my car insurance or my clothes. So I let them cover the insurance and I got my own clothes. I'd shop at the thrift store. There were a lot of loggers and mill workers up in that area, so the stuff that was donated was generally flannels, old boots, and jeans that were all effed up. But I didn't go the grunge route. I went more for silk Hawaiian T-shirts and bell-bottom jeans.

Staying in the '90s for a second, one of your wife Anna Faris's favorite movies is Reality Bites. Was it weird working with Ethan Hawke [on The Magnificent Seven], presumably her high school crush? 

Anna is nuts about that movie. It really spoke to her. But she's always like, "I would totally go for Ben Stiller's character, not Ethan's [i.e., Troy]." Troy. Eff that guy! 

Is she as opinionated about fashion as she is fictitious suitors? 

She's effortlessly stylish. But when we met, I think she appreciated that I was a guy who wore, like, cargo shorts and a T-shirt from Cabela's. That was my staple wardrobe for a really long time. Now I'm a little more cognizant of my choices. I don't just passively have stylists put whatever they want on me. I pay attention.

If you could choose one piece of your costume to wear in everyday life, what would it be? 

Probably my pants. I tried them on and went, "What are these?" And the costumer said, "They're Ralph Lauren." This wasn't like the Daniel Day-Lewis version of a movie where we all had to s—in outhouses or something. We had trailers. The gun I used was authentic to the time, but the pants were Ralph Lauren. And I took them. 

What's your most essential item of clothing? 

My Ariat boots. They've got a good square toe. And they're soft here [around the ankle].

In addition to being into style, you're also reportedly proficient with hair. How did you learn to French-braid?

My sister taught me how to braid when we were younger. Then, I would braid Anna's hair at night ... it was a nice little ritual. But her hair started breaking off at the top of the braid because she was sleeping on it. So Anna's mom thought a French braid might distribute the pressure. She taught me when we were in Hawaii shooting Jurassic World.