Zoe Saldana, 'Guardians of the Galaxy鈥� star, discusses the unusual new movie
Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, and Bradley Cooper star in 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' Marvel's newest comic book movie adaptation. Zoe Saldana recently starred in 'Out of the Furnace.'
Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, and Bradley Cooper star in 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' Marvel's newest comic book movie adaptation. Zoe Saldana recently starred in 'Out of the Furnace.'
The superhero team in 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy鈥� will be a little different than the characters audiences are used to seeing in comic book adaptations.聽
The movie stars 鈥淧arks and Recreation鈥� actor Chris Pratt as the human Peter Quill, or Star-Lord; Zoe Saldana of 鈥淪tar Trek Into Darkness鈥� as Gamora, a green female alien; wrestler Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, who has superhuman strength, among other powers; 鈥淭he Hangover鈥� actor Bradley Cooper as Rocket, a talking raccoon; and Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, a creature who resembles a tree.聽
For 鈥淕uardians,鈥� which is Marvel鈥檚 newest film, director James Gunn told a group of journalists how it was important to not get lost in the unusual characters and space locale.
鈥淲e鈥檙e making something that鈥檚 so outlandish and out there with so many crazy situations and characters and settings that to sort of keep it anchored in the drama and the reality of these characters鈥� emotional lives is the most important thing in the film,鈥� he said, according to Collider.
Meanwhile, Saldana addressed the fact that 鈥淕uardians鈥� is another high-profile science fiction film for her.
鈥淭o me, it would be no different of a concern than Cate Blanchett, Keira Knightley need to have because they just do primarily period pieces,鈥� she told the same group of journalists, according to Screen Rant. 鈥淚 just feel like, just because I鈥檝e done a film that is considered amongst the masses that like to categorize things as science fiction, then so be it, I guess. As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that鈥� imagine the unimaginable鈥� And then on the basis of being a woman, by playing an alien, I avoid playing someone鈥檚 girlfriend here on Earth.鈥澛�
鈥淕uardians鈥� will be released on Aug. 1 and Gunn said he鈥檒l be on board if a sequel is greenlit, according to Hypable. In addition, the ensemble may be popping up alongside another team 鈥� Gunn told Entertainment Weekly that 鈥渨e鈥檙e definitely connected to 鈥楢vengers 3.鈥欌�澛�
The difference between the two fighting groups? If the Avengers are a rock supergroup, 鈥渨e鈥檙e the Sex Pistols,鈥� Saldana told EW. 鈥淲e鈥檙e the renegades.鈥�