The stars of & # 39; Guardians of the Galaxy & # 39; break the silence on James Gunn

Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt They spoke on social media following the dismissal of their director "Guardians of the Galaxy "James Gunn.

On Friday, Disney executives decided to ditch Gunn after a series of offensive Twitter posts published between 2008 and 2009 resurfaced.

Gunn wrote and directed the first two Marvel films, which are performed by Saldana, Pratt, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper among other stars. He had to start working on the third installment in the autumn

Taking on Twitter on Sunday night, Saldana told his followers, "It's been a tough weekend, I'm not going to lie. I just want everyone to know that I love ALL of my GOTG family members. "

Her co-star Pratt posted a message shortly after, and while he was there In direct reference to Gunn, the devoted Christian seemed to allude to the incident with a biblical verse from the Book of James

"Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters. speak, slow to anger, JAMES 1:19 ", he writes, adding an emoji of hands in prayer and a red heart

. In the resurfaced tweets, Gunn, 51, jokes about rape and pedophilia. The director has since apologized for the offending nature of his posts and told fans that in the past he often said things for shock value

"That's not to say that i am better, but i am very, very different from what i was a few years ago, today i am trying to root my work in love and i love myself the connection and less in anger, "he said." My days say something just because it's shocking and I'm trying to have a reaction. "
[19659009] "In the past, I apologized for my humor that hurt people. Fans gathered around the award-winning director, with more than 150,000 people signing an online petition to get him back to the helm of the Guardians of the Galaxy [

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The guardian actor Dave Bautista also defended Gunn in a Twitter message

"(Gunn) is one of the most loving, caring and good-natured people I've never met, "he said. sweet and kind and cares deeply about people and animals. He made mistakes. We all have. I do not agree with what happens to him. "