--- title: Chris Pratt Creates Jurassic World Raptor Scene at Children's Hospital description: The actor visited Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and recreated his famous scene canonical: https://time.com/3930047/chris-pratt-childrens-hospital-raptor-scene-jurassic-world/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-22T14:43:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:40.007Z og:title: Chris Pratt Recreating the 'Jurassic World' Raptor Scene at a Children's Hospital Is Adorable og:description: The actor visited Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and recreated his famous scene og:url: https://time.com/3930047/chris-pratt-childrens-hospital-raptor-scene-jurassic-world/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca19f4797f9e33f1/6988553fcd1bbaa8806fbe40/1212933_full-1.jpg?branch=production&width=887&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 887 og:image:height: 499 og:image:alt: Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in 'Jurassic World.' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pratt Recreating the 'Jurassic World' Raptor Scene at a Children's Hospital Is Adorable twitter:description: The actor visited Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and recreated his famous scene twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca19f4797f9e33f1/6988553fcd1bbaa8806fbe40/1212933_full-1.jpg?branch=production&width=887&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Pratt Recreated the _Jurassic World_ Raptor Scene at a Children's Hospital and It Was Adorable > Sponsored content. 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Waxman Staff Writer Jun 22, 2015 2:43 PM UTC  Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in 'Jurassic World.' Chris Pratt as Owen Grady in 'Jurassic World.' Universal Pictures  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 22, 2015 2:43 PM UTC Actor Chris Pratt, who plays the dinosaur researcher studying velociraptors in _Jurassic World_, recently recreated the raptor training scene from the summer blockbuster at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [An album](https://www.facebook.com/ololchildrens/posts/10155641517415364) shared by the hospital shows photos of him signing autographs for the patients, chatting them up by their bedsides, and posing for photos with the staff. 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