Guardians Of Galaxy 2 Will Have A New Character, But Another New Character Didn't Make The Cut

Don't expect too many new characters in the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy. Director James Gunn says that they'll be keeping the amount of new faces to a minimum.

Speaking on Periscope, Gunn explained that he's much more interested in going deeper with the characters they have rather than introducing a lot of additional characters. He then when on to explain how he's trying to keep Guardians of the Galaxy 2 somewhat contained, narratively:

"People ask for so many characters to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and they ask for so many actors who they want to be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 but we actually have less characters in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 than we have in Guardians of the Galaxy 1 because everything is just getting too sprawling and too crazy for me in these superhero comic book movies. And also in superhero comics in general. There's just too many characters so you can't concentrate on one and really get to know that character, and I really want to get to know the characters that we know better, and yeah, we will be introducing a new character…"

Turns out, there was even one character who played a significant role in an early version of Gunn's script that has since been cut.

"I did not get any help with the first draft of Guardians of the Galaxy 2 other than I wrote a scriptment which I've been working on for nine months, and I wrote that very, very in-depth scriptment which is a 70-page combination of a script and a treatment and it goes through every beat of the movie, everything, and I've been going through that and showing that to [Marvel Studios Boss] Kevin [Feige] and getting feedback and seeing what worked and what didn't, what characters work, what didn't. I mean, people will be disappointed – at some point I'll release – but I had another big character in my original draft and it was just getting too busy. I took that character out. And it's a character I like a lot and hope to work with in the future but I just didn't have room for that person, that character."

With fans so eager to see more cosmic Marvel characters introduced, it will be interesting to see how they respond to this depth over breadth approach to Guardians 2.

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 opens May 5, 2017.

(via ScreenRant)