Mantis' Role In Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Revealed

Joining the Guardians squad for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will be the Marvel Comics character of Mantis played by Pom Klementieff. The character was on display in the first full trailer for the upcoming sequel, unveiling her ability to interpret people's feelings when touching them.

While on set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in Atlanta, Georgia, ComicBook.com learned more about Mantis' role in the film from Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and the film's director James Gunn.

"Pom Klementieff is really amazing and is really unique," Feige said. "She auditioned for the part many, many times, along with many, many other people, because James [Gunn] was doing something very unique with Mantis, who has never really encountered other people and other humans before, humanoids before, and makes Drax look like the most world-savvy person there is, and it's a tough thing to do and to be endearing, and she's pretty amazing at it. She comes into the story along with the Kurt Russell character, and doesn't know the other characters and doesn't know much of the world, and there is a, talking about the bondings between characters, she and Drax spend a lot of time together in this story as well."

"Mantis in the comics is a highly complicated, weird character, whose history makes little sense," Feige said. "I'm assuming we're sort of clean-slating it here with this version of Mantis, or is the celestial Madonna stuff in play?"

"Those specifics are not in play, but that doesn't mean it's any less complicated and weird," Feige said.

Continue to see what James Gunn had to say about the character!