Chris Pratt reflects on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn’s firing

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• “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Chris Pratt opened up
  about director James Gunn’s firing from the third movie in an
  interview with the Associated Press.
• Pratt said it’s a “complicated situation” for the cast
  because they love Gunn but also love playing the Guardians
  characters. 
• “It’s not an easy time,” Pratt said. “We all love James
  and he’s a good friend of ours, but we also really love playing
  the Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s a complicated situation for
  everybody.”
• He implied that he still hopes to see Gunn
  reinstated.

“Guardians of the Galaxy” actor Chris Pratt is still reeling from
director James Gunn’s firing from the third movie.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Pratt
implied that he still hoped to see Gunn reinstated, but also said
that it’s a “complicated situation” because the cast loves
playing the Guardians characters.

Disney fired Gunn from
“Guardians of the Galaxy 3” last month after conservative
personalities resurfaced offensive jokes Gunn had tweeted years
ago. In the interview, Pratt — who has played Star-Lord in
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” and
“Avengers: Infinity War” — opened up about Gunn’s firing and said
“it’s not an easy time” for the cast.

“I was a little shocked like everybody and it was crazy timing
with Comic-Con and stuff,” Pratt said. “I love going to
Comic-Con, but I ended up not going a lot of interviews around
that time just because it was so shocking. But all I know is that
we put a lot of time, thought, and effort into the statement that
we released about it and I think we all kind of want that
statement to be essentially what we have to say about it. We were
pretty clear and honest about how we feel.”

He added, “It’s not an easy time. We all love James and he’s a
good friend of ours, but we also really love playing the
Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s a complicated situation for
everybody.”

Pratt and the rest of the main “Guardians” cast recently released
an open letter in support of
Gunn, and some, including Pratt, took to Twitter to voice
that they wanted to see him rehired. When asked whether he still
hopes for this, Pratt told AP to “go to his Twitter feed” and if
that tweet is still posted, then that “will be what I have to say
about it.”

Well, as of Wednesday morning, the tweet is still on his feed.
Pratt said, “Although I don’t support James Gunn’s
inappropriate jokes from years ago, he is a good man. I’d
personally love to see him reinstated as director of Volume
3.”

Variety recently reported,
based on anonymous sources, that Disney had no plans to rehire
Gunn. But hope was sparked again when Deadline reported, also
citing anonymous sources, that Marvel Studios was having
backchannel conversations with Disney in an attempt to reach
a compromise on bringing Gunn back.

Gunn had finished the “Guardians 3” script and planned to start
filming later this year before being fired. The movie is
currently set to hit theaters in 2020. 

Watch the full interview below:

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