James Gunn Reveals Video Of The Inspiration Behind Baby Groot’s Dance

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on, it’s that Baby Groot’s dance to open up Guardians […]

September 5, 2017, 4:44pm

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on, it’s that Baby Groot‘s dance to open up Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 totally stole the show. What you may not know however, is that director James Gunn’s dance moves helped inspire the scene.

As Guardians Vol. 2 began, most of the team fought the giant Abilisk. Since he couldn’t exactly fight alongside everyone else, Groot danced around the entire battle to ‘Mr. Blue Sky’. The camera followed the little tree on the entire adventure.

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Audiences loved the scene, and the charm of Baby Groot, but the dance moves weren’t all his own.

Gunn shared a video on Instagram, in honor of the film passing $800 million at the box office, revealing his dance that helped bring Groot’s to life. You can watch both dance side-by-side, and it looks like the dance stayed pretty true to the original.

Because #GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol2 passed $800 million globally here’s a clip of me dancing that the marvelous @framestore used as reference for the #BabyGroot dance. Go see the movie again this weekend!! #gotgvol2 #GotGPicoftheDay #behindthescenes #movies #filmmaking #instagood #marvel

A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn) on Jun 2, 2017 at 10:54am PDT

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by James Gunn (Slither). The film marks the return of the original Guardians, including Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) as Peter Quill/Star-Lord; Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness) as Gamora; Dave Bautista (Spectre) as Drax; Vin Diesel (Furious 7) as the voice of Groot; Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) as the voice of Rocket; Michael Rooker (Jumper) as Yondu; Karen Gillan (The Big Short) as Nebula; and Sean Gunn (Gilmore Girls) as Kraglin. New cast members include Pom Klementieff (Oldboy), Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby, Everest), Chris Sullivan (The Knick, The Drop) and Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight, The Thing).

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is in theaters now. Spider-Man: Homecoming lands on July 7, 2017, followed by Thor: Ragnarok on November 3, 2017. After that Black Panther debuts on February 16, 2018, while Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on May 4, 2018. Ant-Man and the Wasp is slated for July 6, 2018, followed by Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019.