This photo shows actors from "Guardians of the Galaxy", from left to right, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana, who, along with six other major actors, have published an open letter to support the director ousted James Gunn. Chris Pratt and his comrades "Guardians of the Galaxy" support the ousted director James Gunn 10 days after his dismissal.
In an open letter Monday signed by Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel and five other franchise stars, the cast said he fully supports the director and the character that he has shown both on the set of the first two films and in
Gunn was dropped from directing the third installment of the franchise by The Walt Disney Co. after old tweets surfaced where he joked about topics like rape and pedophilia.
Distribution says wait 10 In the meantime, various members of the cast, including Gunn's brother, Sean Gunn, have issued individual statements. Fan petitions have also been launched online to reinstate Gunn.
"Everyone of us can not wait to work with our friend James in the future," wrote the actors, who said they were shocked by the shooting
"J & # 39; I personally like him to be reinstated as director of volume 3. "
"Although I can not stand James Gunn's inappropriate jokes years ago, he's a good man," Pratt adds.
The letter also discusses the climate that led to Gunn's abrupt onset and lack of "due process in the court of public opinion."
Gunn's current Twitter account is heavy on politics from the left, and some on the one he had sparred with, he found and promoted the tweets from 2008 to 2011 that led to his dismissal.
"James is probably not the last good person to be judged," continued the cast members. "Given the growing political divide in this country, it can be said that cases like this one will continue, although we hope that Americans from all walks of life will be able to reduce murder and stop the mentality of terrorism. mafia."
and director of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise since the beginning, taking an obscure title of Marvel Comics on a group of multicolored outsiders and turning it into a space opera adorned with comedy and retro music that made Pratt a movie star. In two installments, the franchise yielded more than $ 1.5 billion in global box office revenue, and many more were launched on the third film that would launch another decade or more of movies Marvel.