James Gunn Offers Details on GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Deleted Scene
Apparently James Gunn loves dancing. At the beginning of Guardians of the Galaxy, Star-Lord busts out some cool dance moves while he's looking for that orb of death. At the end of the film we got to see Groot do a little movin' and goovin'. It turns out there was another dancing scene shot for the movie that never made the final cut.
Gunn posted a photo on Instagram of the prison guard that took Star-Lord's walkman after he's thrown into prison. The character was played by Spencer Wilding, and he eventually gives into the musical awesomeness in the film and dances through the prison.
First of all, Gunn explains the photo above and the why Wilding is holding a container of Play-Doh.
"Here’s me and the actor Spencer Wilding who played the Mean Guard who jabs Quill in the prison with the electrical staff and gets his comeuppance to Escape (the Piña Colada Song). He also has a little container of Play-Doh. Why Play-Doh? Because I would keep a pile of little Play-Doh containers onset and if someone did an especially amazing job that day – whether it was an actor, a grip, a stunt man, or a PA – they’d get a canister of Play-Doh. I probably only gave about 40 containers out over the entire shoot – on an 85 day schedule with a crew of a couple hundred, that isn’t much. I chose Play-Doh because I love the smell of it – opening a new container and smelling it puts me in a creative, child-like place. And who doesn’t love playing with Play-Doh (I swear Play-Doh isn’t paying for this post)?"
The director then goes into detail about the deleted scene saying:
"Anyway, Spencer got the Play-Doh for a scene where he danced through the prison listening to Quill’s Walkman (specifically, Magic by Pilot). We cut the scene for many reasons, but it was awesome and hilarious and Spence more than deserved his rarely-given Play-Doh (and, yes, before you ask me a thousand times below, it WILL be on the Blu-Ray outtakes, and no I will not tell you the release date – you can go see the movie again! It’s still out!) Have a great day (or night depending in where you are)."
I'm really happy that it will be included on the Blu-ray extra features. This is something I'd love to see.