Vin Diesel Teases a "Goofy, Adorable" Groot in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
Everyone seems to love Groot, and fans are excited about how the character will be utilized in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Fans got their first look at the film last month in a teaser trailer. There wasn't a lot of footage of Groot, but we all know that he's going to be a main part of the story.
In a recent interview with Collider, Vin Diesel talked a little bit about the character that he voices and described baby Groot as being goofy and adorable. When asked what the biggest difference between the two versions of the character is, the actor said:
“Yeah, there is a difference. He couldn’t be more naive as Baby Groot. I always think of the Groot that we saw on the first Guardians as a college-level Groot, so he’s not fully grown yet, but he’s a man. And once he sacrifices himself at the end of the movie, now he has to start all over, so to speak, but we’re gonna see this goofy, adorable, baby Groot thing running around the screen and just learning as he goes.”
Just because Groot is smaller in this film doesn't make him completely useless. You'll definitely see Groot in action. We got to see some of that footage at Comic-Con earlier this year, and there's no doubt fans are going to love how the character is handled in Vol. 2. In a separate interview with Jimmy Fallon, Diesel talked about voicing the character and how he'll be recording various catchphrases for Groot in 16 different languages:
“I think people are gonna love this movie. I think people are gonna love Guardians. I know that, on the first one, I, like, recorded six different languages, and now James Gunn wants to increase the number of languages we do this in. So, every ADR-ed line, every moment in the movie I have to do like 15, 16 times in different languages — which are cool because, you know, it means that my voice is being heard in countries where that’s not always the case, even with big movies that you do, like xXx or Fast [& Furious]. It’s usually voice actors in respective markets that say your lines and that’s not necessarily what the character is always. So, I love that, but it definitely makes it that much more challenging.”
The movie doesn't come out until May 5th, 2017. Between now and then we'll be getting a lot more information on the film, and you can bet we'll be seeing more footage from the sequel in the upcoming trailers and clips that will be released.
The movie also stars Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket Raccoon, Dave Bautista as Drax, Karen Gillan as Nebula, and Kurt Russell as Ego the Living Planet.