Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 author/director James Gunn stated Marvel Studios did not give him the MCU’s first uncensored f-bomb.
Gunn was requested in a put up on Threads if he was “stunned that Marvel did not give Samuel L Jackson” the primary f-bomb, and if he would have fought again had been the corporate to permit Jackson to say it in a future movie, or simply not have cared. “Marvel did not give anybody the primary fuck,” replied the filmmaker. “I took it. If they’d pushed again I’d have fought it tooth and nail however they had been cool and didn’t.”
The f-bomb itself was first hinted at again in April in a clip from Guardians 3, the place the curse phrase in query was censored. Gunn himself confirmed on X — which was nonetheless Twitter on the time — that the phrase could be uncensored within the film, stating, “You possibly can solely have one [f-bomb] in a PG-13 film. That stated it wasn’t deliberate — I informed [Star-Lord actor] Chris [Pratt] so as to add it on set and it simply made the second funnier so we saved [it].”
Curiously, Chris Pratt later revealed that Gunn ignored the warnings of Marvel Studios President and CCO Kevin Feige in regards to the f-bomb being included in Guardians 3. “From my understanding, the story goes that Kevin Feige talked to James Gunn and stated, ‘Hear, you do not wanna be the man who’s identified for having the primary F-word in your film,'” Pratt recalled. “And James goes, ‘Sure I do! Do not me? That is precisely what I would like.’ And, so, they saved it in.”
The Subsequent Journey for the Guardians
On a extra critical observe, Gunn said that he had spoken to Marvel in regards to the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise’s future, although he will not be concerned with it resulting from him now being the co-president and co-CEO of DC Studios. Earlier than that, Gunn had touched upon his hope that Marvel continues to make use of the surviving members from Guardians 3 in future initiatives, remarking that it would not be disloyal of the corporate to him by doing so and that he’d like to see these characters go on to “get solo motion pictures, or be part of the Avengers, or a brand new model of the Guardians, or no matter.” Tying into this, it was confirmed by Marvel that Star-Lord will return, although when and the place within the MCU Peter Quill will pop up subsequent has not but been revealed.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now streaming on Disney+ and is accessible on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Extremely HD.
Supply: Threads
