Director
James Gunn and actors, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, Benicio Del
Toro, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou, talked to
collider after the Comic-Con panel.
“…
Your
previous films have more of an R-rated tone. Are you keeping more of a
darkly comedic tone with this film?
GUNN: I don’t think of it as darkly comedic. I do think of it as
me, I’ve gotta say that. There’s a lot of James Gunn in this movie, and
it’s a strange thing. When I turned in the first draft to Kevin [Feige]
and Marvel and Joss [Whedon], and they read the first draft, they were all
really happy, which made me happy. That was a really good day. And
their biggest note was, “More James Gunn,” which freaked the hell out of
me. So, I gave them more James Gunn, and that’s what’s in the
movie. I think it’s a really unique movie. But with every movie I
do, I’m speaking to a certain part of myself and I’m speaking to a certain
audience. With a movie like Super, I’m speaking to a specific person that
that movie means a lot to. I really appreciate everybody who loves that movie.
When I’m doing a movie like Guardians, it really is for a much broader
audience. It’s for everybody. It’s a movie we can go see on a
Friday night, with everybody else in the city, and really enjoy ourselves in a
different type of way. And I appreciate both of those types of movies.
…
Dave,
how strong is Drax the Destroyer, and can he beat up Hulk and Thor?
DAVE BAUTISTA: I would have to say yes, on that.
SALDANA: Have you seen his hands? For the love of god! If it’s raining, I
just tell Dave to put his hand over my head.
BAUTISTA: This part is, by far, the biggest thing I’ve ever done, in my
life. To be a part of this is really a dream come true. I really
come from nothing. I’m a poor kid from the streets. What I’ve been
able to achieve has really just been through hard work and not letting anyone
tell me that I couldn’t do something. I always try to encourage people to
just pursue your dreams.
…
For the actors, what is your favorite weird and
wonderful aspect of your character?
MICHAEL ROOKER: There’s a lot of
me in Yondu. When I first read the script, I noticed right away that
there are some aspects of Yondu’s existence within this universe of ours that
were very, very close to me. For example, the tough love that I have
towards some of the other cast members. I’m very much like that in my
life, as well. I hardly ever do make-up, in the movies I’ve done, except
on James Gunn movies. This one is about two-and-a-half hours. To
me, that’s a very interesting aspect. When I get mad, I turn red.
When I get embarrassed, I turn red. When I get turned on, I get
red. And I want the audience to see that, in the character. So, if
the character is getting mad, getting upset or getting turned on, you’re
getting to see that in the facial tones and the skin tones. That’s what I
enjoy about acting. It can be very subtle, like that. With a lot of
make-up on, you can’t see a lot of that, so I prefer to have no make-up, at
all. But, not in this one. I’m very excited to be involved with
this.
DJIMON HOUNSOU: I play Korath, who is a humanoid. I have a
4-year-old son, who loves all the superheroes from Spider-Man to Batman to Iron
Man. He’s got all the costumes. And one day, he looked at me and
said, “Papa, I want to be light-skinned, so I can be Spider-Man ‘cause
Spider-Man is light-skinned.” That was a shock to me. I’m extremely
excited to be a part of the Marvel universe, so that I can provide a diverse
outlook of superheroes or bad guys in those stories. It’s important for
us to be part of that, and specifically for me. That was my in ticket to
the Marvel world, and I’m excited.
LEE PACE: I play Ronan the Accuser, and it’s a character that’s been
around since 1967, when he first walked into Fantastic
Four.
So, there’s a lot of incredible story that I’ve gotten to research. If
you call reading comic books research, I guess I’ve been doing my job. I
start work this week, filming the character, and I’m just really excited to
make a villain that is complicated. There’s a core to him where you can
find something that you can understand. I don’t know. He’s pretty
bad, though. It’s the early days, so I’m just putting the first wall up
and we’ll start there.
BAUTISTA: I play Drax the
Destroyer, who is also a pretty bad dude. Drax is full of rage and he’s
full of honor and he’s very literal. I think the best thing about Drax is
that he’s hysterical without meaning to be. That’s what I love the most
about Drax.
SALDANA: I play Gamora. The weirdest thing about her is that she
turns green when she blushes, she turns green when she’s mad, and she turns
green when she’s turned on. And what’s wonderful is that she has grown up
in an environment that has misrepresented how she truly feels inside and she’s gonna
discover that, hopefully.
PRATT: For Quill, without blowing too much of his origin, or anything
like that, there’s a petulance to him. He hasn’t really been held
accountable, as an adult. He’s been able to be free in space and do
whatever he’s wanted to do. That’s really fun because it means that he’s
slept with all these super weird aliens. That’s my favorite weird element
of the character. It’s just very wonderful. But, my favorite moment
that I’ve had was when I first donned my full wardrobe in the costume
department. I put it on and it was just like, “Wow!” I wore it, and I
thought that was pretty wonderful. All of a sudden, my walk changed, a
little bit, and I had a little extra bob in my head. That was pretty cool.
KAREN GILLAN: I play Nebula, and she looks pretty weird. One of the
most interesting things about the character, for me, is her very strange and
complex relationship to Gamora.
BENICIO DEL TORO: I play The Collector, and he collects things, like I
do. I think it’s pretty cool that he’s got his own personal zoo.
…”
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