James Gunn Shares New Details About Each Core Member of the Team in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
We've already seen a lot of great and exciting footage from director James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The movie is going to be a blast! Marvel has been pretty careful regarding the information they have released and they haven't really revealed that much in the way of the details that make up the story. Although, we do know the basic overall plot.
Cinema Blend recently sat down with Gunn to talk to him about the film and he offered some great information on the story arcs for each of the core team characters. Don't worry, he doesn't get into any spoiler territory, but he does offer some information that we haven't heard before. Especially in regards to the relationships of the characters and how they are bonding with each other.
Star-Lord
"That's the first thing people say when they see the movie. The first movie was about Peter Quill, and the second movie has every single character have a complete arc, a complete story. They each learn something. It's a story about Peter Quill, with his father, but also his abusive step-father, Yondu.
Gamora
"It's about Nebula's relationship with her sister, Gamora, and how that's not all that we saw in the first movie. It's a lot deeper and more complicated than that. We thought in the first movie that Gamora was the good guy, and Nebula's the bad guy, but that really isn't the whole story."
Rocket Raccoon
"I think it's a story about this poor little Rocket, who is in search of a father and in search of a somebody to give a shit, who cannot find it - and maybe does a little bit with Michael Rooker's character."
Drax
"It's about Dave Bautista and Mantis together, who become on the one hand close friends, and then on the other hand she's a surrogate daughter for the daughter that was murdered."
Baby Groot
"And of course Baby Groot's relationship with all of them, they are the worst parents in the entire world! Who else brings a two-year-old son into a giant battle with a giant monster? Terrible parents! And maybe Gamora and Rocket are better than the other two. The other two are terrible. All of those things come together in a way that seems pretty magical."
I want to watch this movie right now because I'm just so damn excited about it! It's going to be fun to see how exactly the story arcs for these characters will play out throughout the course of the movie.
Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.
The movie stars Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki, and Chris Sullivan.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will be released on May 5, 2017