Guardians of the Galaxy has long been considered Marvel's wild-card. Many have wondered how general movie-going audiences will respond to a comic book movie set in the deep recesses of space that features a talking raccoon with a sentient tree for a side-kick.
Guardians director James Gunn joined star Chris Pratt and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige for a live-streaming Q&A via AMC theaters this weekend to talk about the film and give audiences who may not be as familiar some context for this world.
Before we touch on some of the details of the conversation, take a look at the video below which outlines who this ragtag group of misfit aliens are.
Who Are The Guardians of the Galaxy:
The team spent a good deal of time talking about why they chose to do Guardians, when to many it didn't feel like the most obvious of the Marvel properties. "All of us at the studio wanted to do something new, wanted to do something original," Feige said. "We're excited about doing something, frankly, that most people had never heard of.”
“This couldn’t be more distant in geography to the other films," the Marvel head went on to say. "99% of this movie takes place on the other side of the galaxy. There are a handful of characters you’ll see in this movie who will carry through to other films as threats to Earth.”
We want to pull out that last part a bit, "There are a handful of characters you’ll see in this movie who will carry through to other films as threats to Earth.”
We guess that Feige may be referring to Thanos at least in part. Following Djimon Hounsou's impromptu Comic-Con panel reveal that the villain would indeed appear in Guardians, Feige told IGN that the character would play a role both in Guardians and in the Marvel cinematic universe at large saying that they have "big plans for him over a long period of time."
Take a look at Feige on Thanos in the video below:
Guardians fans likely have several characters that they'd love to see in the movie. "There are so many great ones," Gunn agreed. "I love Starhawk.”
“You don’t want to overload it, though, as we learned early on," Feige reflected (likely referring to Iron Man 2). "Luckily, if the audiences decide they want more stories, we have a lot of characters to choose from.”
It seems that fans of the telepathic Russian space dog Cosmo may be treated to at least a small appearance.
"Rocket was always going to be the focus, but fans of Cosmo will have to wait and see the movie," Feige teased.
When asked why they ultimately choose Pratt as Star-Lord, Gunn told a hilarious story about how he didn't want to see the actor audition initially, as he thought it was a terrible idea to have the "chubby guy from Parks and Rec" come in.
"I said, 'No, no, no!'" Gunn recalled. "We went through a lot of people, and we saw a lot of really good actors. I was looking for somebody who inhabited the role, but really went beyond it, like Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man." Eventually, the casting director essentially slipped Pratt in. "He was maybe reading for 20 seconds, and I went, ‘Holy God.’ He was the one, I just knew it,” Gunn concluded.
The team had some concerns about Pratt's ability to get in shape, but felt better because he had lost some weight for Zero Dark Thirty
Though Marvel doesn't feel obliged to do the post-credit scene for every movie, Feige says that Gunn has had some interesting ideas for additions and they are doing pick-ups for the film now. We can expect to see a second trailer in about a month or so.
You can take a look at the full live-stream interview below:
Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.
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