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Guardians Of The Galaxy: Rocket’s Mouth Was Modeled After James Gunn’s Dog

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Gunn explains that, while mostly modelled off of actual raccoons, Rocket was partly modelled on Gunn’s dog, Von Spears.

#gotgpicoftheday #VonSpears faces off against the Rocket stuffy which we used as a reference for visual effects on set. In addition to using the real life Oreo Raccoon as a reference in creating Rocket, the folks at Framestore who developed the model of Rocket scanned Von Spears’ snaggle-toothed mouth to incorporate into Rocket’s mouth. I see aspects of my pup’s in Rocket when he speaks, which is one of the many things I love about the character. For those of you who have been to the #guardiansofthegalaxy presentation at Disneyland, you can see Von Spears’ cameo in the first few minutes.

Guardians of the Galaxy comes to theaters August 1.