The imminent premiere of the highly anticipated ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ will mark the end of the trilogy and will also be the last collaboration of James Gunn with Marvel before assuming creative control at DC. However, he is now focused on the promotional campaign for this film, which has also led him to participate in an online presentation of the same one in which Espinof had the opportunity to participate.
Gunn’s Farewell
Along with Gunn we also find Kevin Feige, the big boss of Marvel Studios, and a good part of the cast of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’. The filmmaker started by recalling his early days at Marvel and pointing out that even then he had a more or less clear idea of what he wanted to have with these characters:
From the beginning I felt that we were doing something different, a different space fantasy than what we had seen before. I was surprised when my best expectations came true. But when it comes to the story, I already had an idea of what I wanted to tell from the beginning.
Gunn also confessed that saying goodbye to Marvel is bittersweetgiven that “I adore these characters, all of them, although I have a special affection for some, especially Rocket. I am going to see all the actors again, they are my friends, but not the characters. I’m not going to write for it again, at least not in the near future, and that makes me sad.“.
For his part, Feige took the opportunity to poke his chest out how satisfied they are in the studio with this trilogy noting the following in this regard:
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ was the first to be placed outside the realm of Marvel. It is true that it was linked by Thanos and the infinity stones, but The Avengers were not there and we were not preparing the next adventure of Tony Stark or Captain America. It was our way of saying that we don’t want to just make superhero movies, also a big space movie. And it worked, largely thanks to James Gunn. The three directed by him represent something special and unique within the MCU and I am very proud of them.
Plus, it’s clear that the bond Gunn has forged with the actors is something special, as he had unanimous support from them when Disney decided to fire him. The studio backed down soon after and chris prattwho plays Star-Lord, was quick to point out that he would be delighted to work with the director again at any time:
Of course he would do another three movies with James Gunn. Making movies is a lot of fun, but it’s even more so if you’re making them with people you love. That is the journey. Fate sucks sometimes, because you can have a great time but you see the movie, and it sucks. With James both the journey and the destination have been glorious. I don’t know how he does it.
In the case of Pom Klementieffthe actress preferred to praise Gunn’s decision to offer a different approach to the character of Mantis, since “it’s very different from the comic, and I think it’s very interesting to give a different version. In the comic she was great too, very powerful, but in the end very similar to other female Marvel characters in other superhero movies. Here she is more comical and clumsy, differentIn addition, he revealed that Gunn told him that “Mantis was, in some ways, the glue that held the Guardians together.“, with the filmmaker noting that “his superpower is empathy“.
The new signings
One of the great novelties of the film is the signing of Chukwudi Iwuji to give life to the fearsome High Evolutionary, the great villain of the show. Although the actor and Gunn didn’t quite agree on when it became clear that he was going to play him, but the filmmaker dropped that “the day we filmed the dance scene for ‘The Peacemaker’ I told you you were in”.
Another curious detail of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ is that Maria Bakalova, seen in the nice sequel to ‘Borat’, is in charge of giving voice to Cosmo, Marvel’s space dog. She herself stated that she was even more excited when she found out what role Gunn had reserved for her and admitted that she wanted to get into the role so much that she related to other dogs: “I was trying to talk to them, bark with them“.
The freedom to close the trilogy
Someone who could not be present was dave bautistaso Feige wanted to take the opportunity to praise his evolution as an actor over the years: “Drax is not only one of the best characters in the MCU written by James Gunn, I also think Dave Bautista has become one of the best actors we’ve ever worked with.In addition, the Marvel boss also highlighted the freedom that Gunn enjoyed in this film:
James Gunn was able to do whatever he wanted with the characters in this movie. In previous movies we did talk about which characters could die, but not in this one. It was always designed as a trilogy closure.
Finally, music has always played a fundamental role in the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ moviesbut Gunn admitted that “for this movie it was very difficult“, since he could choose from many more times for what happened at the end of the second installment with Yondu. The filmmaker commented that”had a list of hundreds of songs“, but that even here he could not accommodate a specific theme that he had wanted to use since the first installment:
Nick Lowe’s ‘Cruel to be Kind’ has been on every list I’ve ever made for these movies but I’ve never found a place to fit it.
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