- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Well if you though that Marvel’s Avengers was an ambitious
film, you have no idea just how ambitious is Guardians of the Galaxy really is.
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| Guardians of the Galaxy Concept Art |
Hey U Guys caught up with the film's director, James Gunn, and
managed to get him to open up about the film. Based on the concept art that has
been released for the film, they drew comparisons to Star Wars, which Gunn
seemed to think was inaccurate.
"I do think we’re very, very different from Star Wars.
Some of the concept art that came out is under my tutelage, and some of it is
before my tutelage. The concept art that came out is only stuff that was on the
big Marvel collected disc set, talking about phase two and it had some stuff
from Guardians. Some of the art by Charlie Wen and the guys. The Rocket Racoon
that was by itself was an early version of my Rocket that I dealt with Charlie
when developing. He doesn’t look so much like that anymore, but there’s a lot
of similarities in that he’s more of a grounded, real little creature as
opposed to a cartoonish thing."
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| Dave Bautista as Drax, Fan Art |
One thing that fans have been worrying and most General
Audiences have been skeptical about will be making a talking mercenary racoon
feel natural, and Gunn has been doing his homework.
"I’ve done a lot of studying with real racoons, and we
had real racoons come in. We’ve done photography with them, I’ve played with
racoons, and fed racoons, and dealt a lot with real racoons to get some of the
behaviour down, because it’s really, really important to me that Rocket Racoon,
who is the heart of the movie, is not a cartoon character, it’s not Bugs Bunny
in the middle of The Avengers, it’s a real, little, somewhat mangled beast
that’s alone. There’s no one else in the universe quite like him, he’s been
created by these guys to be a mean-ass fighting machine."
The first cast member added to the film's growing roster was
"Parks and Recreation's" Chris Pratt. Gunn says that though countless
people auditioned, he knew that Pratt was perfect for the role.
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| Zoe Saldana might be Gamora |
"I was very specific that I wanted it to be somebody
really extraordinary. I really had Robert Downey Jr. in mind a lot. You had
this guy who came in and he inhabited Tony Stark, when you first saw Tony Stark
he blew your mind, you couldn’t believe what you were seeing. I knew that I
needed somebody to blow my mind like that. We saw a lot of very famous guys for
the role, a lot of very well-known people, and very, very good actors. We saw a
lot of good performances, but it wasn’t until Chris came in and he read and I
was like, ‘oh my God’, this guy has his own, very particular, amazing take on
the character that blew my mind, blew me away. Then I thought, this is the
first guy I could see sharing the screen with Robert Downey Jr. and giving him
a run for his money."
While Gunn already confirmed the movie is different from
Star Wars, he indicates that it does feature similarities to The Avengers.
"In some ways yes, but in some ways no. In terms of a
lot of stuff we’re very much like The Avengers, where it’s a very big, huge
movie. It’s different because it’s cosmic, it’s in outer space, it’s very
colourful. We have a whole history of science fiction behind us that we’re
dealing with, and borrowing from, and also fighting with to create something
unique. But at the same time there’s a lot of stuff it has in common with The
Avengers."
Though he gave a coy reply, Gunn seemingly confirmed Zoe
Saldana's involvement in the film in the interview - she was reported to be in
talks for the role of Gamora a few weeks ago. He also mentions that we will be
finding out who will fill the role of Rocket Raccoon in the coming weeks and
that cameras will roll on "Guardians" starting in June.
Guardians of the Galaxy is targeting an August 1, 2014
release.
