Other Hollywood stars rally behind James Gunn after his shock shot | English movie news

Micheal Rooker, Pom Klementieff and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait are the latest Hollywood stars to stand in defense of James Gunn, who was fired from the making of the third film of the "Guardians of the Galaxy".

The 51-year-old filmmaker was sacked from the third film in the Marvel franchise after a series of old offensive tweets made by him were shared by a right-wing website over the weekend.

Rooker, who played 'Yondu & # 39; in Gunn's movie, said that he was leaving Twitter for the hubbub.

"This account will be inactive after today.We are very tired and angry at BULLS going on ** T neither me nor my rep will use Twitter again Twitter sucks and I do not want anything to do with that.Thank everyone who has given nice words and support, we see ourselves on Instagram, "he wrote.

Klementieff, who plays Mantis in the film, shared a video of a note written by her, which reads, "We are Groot, we are a family, we are together." In a long post on Instagram, Goldthwait asked Disney to remove his voice from his theme parks to protest the dismissal of his "faithful friend," Gunn.

"Dear @disney, I would hate you to be so hypocritical, so I suggest that you remove my voice from an attraction that comes into your park, it's called WORLD OF COLOR – VILLAINOUS, and I take it back the role of Pain, a role I played in "HERCULES", he writes.

Citing his example, the comic said years ago that he had done "a lot of sarcastic and shocking jokes", which he is now embarrassed about and that, like Gunn, he is also a open criticism of the Trump administration. "… I'd hate you being mean when I openly criticize the president and his administration, and seem to be taking your lead with some of his radical supporters." Also recorded a voice for this new attraction, why not throw a look at his past tweets?

"For the record, I stand with survivors of sexual abuse and wonder if you continue to make money with your movie POWDER?" Added Goldthwait. In the old tweets, whose screenshots are available online, the 51-year-old has made jokes about pedophilia and rape. Screenshots of Gunn's tweets, which lasted from 2009 to 2012. After being fired, the filmmaker also released a statement where he "regretted" the tweets and stressed that "they do not reflect the person that I am today.

Gunn was writing the screenplay for the third film, which was set to begin shooting in Atlanta in the fall for a release date in 2020. The petition, entitled "RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN" on the website change.org was launched by a Chandler Edwards, collected over 248.00 signatures in support of Gunn.

The director's dismissal is seen by many as a retaliation of right-wing groups for Roseanne Barr's dismissal of the eponymous TV show for his alleged racist comments. The stars of the film, including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista, stood next to the director.