![]() ![]() Gunn estimates that the actor delivered thousands of takes of the same three words: “I am Groot.” That included endless takes from Diesel, who spent days in the studio giving a voice to the charming humanoid tree with a tiny vocabulary. But it also gives you the freedom to do endless takes until you get exactly what you want.” “One of the joys and one of the difficulties of creating these characters is that there are a lot of people involved. “We have a lot of effects artists who are very talented actors, for lack of a better word, and they were able to create whole elements of Rocket and Groot that they just came up with in their own heads,” Gunn said. So when you see the little badass raccoon firing heavy weaponry and lashing out in intoxicated rage, that could be derived from the actions of an Oscar-nominated actor, one of the two brothers Gunn, or an expert animator who spent inconceivable amounts of time getting the attack just right. And if we didn’t have that, then I just filmed myself doing what I wanted Rocket to do, and sent it directly to the effects guys.” We could use something that Sean did, which we did a lot, and we could use something that Bradley did, which we also did a lot. “So with the character of Rocket, for instance, we shot everything that Sean did on set, and we also shot every line that Bradley said, and we could use every element we wanted. “We could use references and use those as a template for what they did,” he said. ![]() That said, Rocket and Groot did have some human influences, including Gunn’s brother Sean, who “played” the role in a performance capture suit alongside the human actors as they shot. “Rocket and Groot have faces that are very different from human beings’ faces, so motion capture wouldn’t really work,” Gunn explained, thereby dashing dreams that filmmakers could train a real raccoon to wear a leotard and advanced computers while performing choreographed stunts (though they did study a raccoon on set). Already this summer, we’ve seen animated characters take center stage in a live action film, but the advanced motion capture technology that turned Andy Serkis into a soulful monkey statesman in “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” wasn’t feasible for Gunn and his team, which made the challenge of perfecting Rocket and Groot - and making us care about a raccoon and a tree - all the more daunting.Īlso read: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ for Dummies: The 12 Comic Book Origins of Marvel’s Strangest Superheroes Voiced by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, respectively, Rocket and Groot are genetically modified outcasts who become reluctant heroes think of Rocket as Han Solo’s personality being injected into Ranger Rick, with Groot as his leafy Chewbacca. While “Guardians” leads with the broken family storyline of its protagonist, wise-cracking Peter Quill (played by Chris Pratt), even Gunn suggests that the glue of the team is found in the shady past - and angry future - of acid-tongued bounty hunter Rocket Raccoon and his tree buddy, Groot. But what really separates the movie from franchise clones is its emotional heft. “Guardians” is deeply irreverent, featuring a soundtrack and story dominated by 70’s pop songs, running jokes about “Footloose” and Kevin Bacon, and nods to alien sex threaded throughout a fast-paced space adventure. This movie is edgy, certainly, but I would not call it dark and brooding.”Īlso read: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Review: Chris Pratt Rides Shotgun on Marvel’s Charming Space Opera ![]() And I think this movie is sort of a reaction to that. “There are a lot of movies out there that try to be dark and brooding, when they just seem like they’re putting on - it’s sort of pretentious. “There are a lot of those movies that are really boring to me,” Gunn told TheWrap earlier this week. An off-kilter genre film veteran, James Gunn had a very clear mission for “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Though it was his first studio franchise movie, Gunn aimed to avoid translating the little-known Marvel title into a typical tentpole action film, steering clear of gritty origin story trappings that turn its spandex-clad musclemen into tragic, existentially tortured victims of their own power. ![]()
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