In Marvel they are in luck thanks to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’, since this wonderful film is doing very well at the box office, to the point that it barely needed ten days to surpass the income of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’. One of the great keys to this was to once again have James Gunn behind the scenes, but nobody forgets that Disney came to fire him from Marvel, only to rehire him months later, but he could perfectly have said no then.
“I couldn’t have that inside of me and not express it”
Gunn himself has now revealed in an interview with The New York Times the only reason he was forced to come back and finish the trilogy. It is true that the director of ‘Super’ is very fond of these characters, but he has never hesitated to make it clear that Rocket is his favorite:
Everyone knows I was away for a while, then I came back, and the reason I came back – because, frankly, I wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for this – is that I needed to tell Rocket’s story. I couldn’t have that inside of me and not express it. I have a strange connection to that character, I feel like he deserves everything. This is the story of a character who goes from being a smuggling thief to becoming the leader of the greatest team the universe has ever known. And his backstory, the pain of his origin, all the seeds I dropped in “Vol. 1” when Peter Quill sees the wounds on his back, all of those things were leading to something, and I felt stunted cutting him there. . I felt like I was preparing all of that and didn’t finish it. It was a hard pill for me to swallow.
And it is that Gunn feels very identified with Rocketcommenting in this regard that “there is no doubt that my journey is similar to Rocket’s. When it comes to those things that used to push others away, accepting myself as I am and accepting love from others has been something I’ve struggled with over the years and have come to accept much more than in the past. past“. Therefore, he had no choice but to deal with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ before saying goodbye to Marvel.
In addition, Gunn has been very satisfied with the experience and can’t wait to see what Marvel will do with their characters. Well, at least with those whose actors want to return, as both Dave Bautista and Zoe Saldaña have made it clear that their time giving life to Drax and Gamora has come to an end. That does not mean that the relationship between the director and his actors has not been very good. This is how he described the entire process:
Satisfaction, relief, and just a gentle pat on the back saying, “Okay, now we have the next phase to work on, and I feel comfortable doing it.” Whatever Marvel does with those characters, I’m looking forward to seeing it. I hope they use them. I can’t wait to see another filmmaker take on the Guardians, and I hope they do it in a way that makes the characters their own.
But I feel good, I feel happy. Making the friendships that I made in this film series and having people in my life who are my closest allies – I mean, I’ve been to five Guardians weddings. I was at Chris’s wedding, Chris spoke at my wedding. Pom was one of Karen’s bridesmaids. It’s a great little group of people and I’m very, very lucky.
Of course, now it’s time to turn the page and focus on the relaunch of DC, where Gunn works as chief creative officer to return to the front line this universe of superheroes with which he was already able to play in the great ‘The Suicide Squad’.
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