“I play Reeces' best friend, confidante,” Kitsch tells EW.

Pratt is an executive producer on the series and always planned on playing Reece.

“We had one name on our list: Taylor Kitsch.

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Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch in ‘The Terminal List’.Prime Video

We set up a Zoom, and it was myself, Antoine, Chris, and Taylor.

So that was a great moment.”

Pratt and Kitsch swiftly bonded over the course of the Zoom call.

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Taylor Kitsch in The Terminal List.Prime Video

“We didn’t know each other before the show,” Pratt says.

We had a Zoom session to discuss the possibility, he was asking all of the right questions."

By the end of the call, Fuqua was convinced that Kitsch would sign on to the project.

“We get off this Zoom and Antoine texted me right away and said, ‘He’s in.

He’s Ben and he’s going to say yes,'” DiGilio says.

“I was like, ‘Wow, Antoine, how do you know?’

But what does Kitsch really think about his new pal?

“He’s a dick, I think everyone knows that,” the actor jokes.

“It became evident on that Zoom the first moment I saw him.

All eight episodes ofThe Terminal Listare out on Prime Video July 1.

Watch the trailer forthe seriesbelow.