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Guardians of the Galaxy (film)
Chris Pratt som Peter Quill / Star-Lord:
Han blev bortført fra Missouri som barn i 1988 og opvokset af en gruppe fremmede tyveknægte og smuglere kaldet Ravagers. Om karakteren sagde Pratt: "Han havde det svært som barn, og nu rejser han rundt i rummet, hygger sig med lækre alienpiger og er bare en slyngel og lidt af en idiot, og ved at slå sig sammen med disse fyre finder han et højere formål for sig selv." Han tilføjede også, at karakteren er en blanding af Han Solo og Marty McFly. Pratt, der mest var kendt for at spille biroller, bl.a. Andy Dwyer i tv-serien Parks and Recreation, takkede i første omgang nej til rollen. Pratt havde tabt sig for at portrættere veltrænede karakterer i film som Moneyball og Zero Dark Thirty og havde opgivet ambitionerne om at spille hovedrollen i actionfilm efter ydmyge auditions til Star Trek og Avatar. Casting director Sarah Finn foreslog Pratt til Gunn, som afviste ideen på trods af, at han havde svært ved at få castet den rolle. På trods af dette arrangerede Finn et møde mellem de to, hvor Gunn straks var overbevist om, at Pratt var perfekt til rollen. Pratt overbeviste også Feige, til trods for at han igen havde taget på i vægt til Delivery Man. Inden optagelserne gennemgik Pratt en streng diæt og træningsregime for at tabe 27 kg på seks måneder. Pratt underskrev en kontrakt om flere film med Marvel og fik midlertidig orlov fra sit arbejde på Parks and Recreation for at kunne deltage i filmen. Wyatt Oleff portrætterer en ung Quill.
Zoe Saldana som Gamora:
En forældreløs forældreløs fra en fremmed verden, der søger forløsning for sine tidligere forbrydelser. Hun blev trænet af Thanos til at blive hans personlige snigmorder. Saldana sagde, at hun blev Gamora ved hjælp af make-up i stedet for computergenereret billedbehandling (CGI) eller performance capture. Om at tage rollen sagde Saldana: "Jeg var bare begejstret for at blive spurgt af James Gunn og for også at spille en grøn person. Jeg har været blå før [i Avatar]." Saldana beskrev Gamora som "...en kriger, hun er en snigmorder og hun er meget dødbringende, men det, der redder hende, er det samme, der kan gøre hende til en dødsdom. Hun har en følelse af retfærdighed. Hun er et meget retfærdigt individ."
Dave Bautista som Drax the Destroyer:
En kriger, der søger at hævne sin families død på grund af Ronan. Bautista sagde om at forholde sig til karakteren: "Jeg kan bare forholde mig så meget til Drax, at det ikke engang er sjovt. Bare de enkle ting, som vi har til fælles. Simple ting som tatoveringerne, tragedien - for jeg har også haft en smule tragedie i mit liv. Så det er virkelig nemt for mig at trække på det." Bautista sagde også, at der var "en masse comic relief i Drax", men at karakteren ikke var klar over det. Bautista udtalte, at han ikke forberedte sig meget til rollen, for "heldigvis for mig er jeg en livslang atlet, og jeg tilpassede mig rigtig hurtigt." Bautistas makeup tog ca. fire timer at lægge på, selv om den kunne fjernes på kun 90 minutter. Drax har forskellige ar-mønstre på kroppen, som erstatter de simple tatoveringer fra tegneserierne, og som hver især har en specifik historie. Derudover blev hans hudfarve ændret fra den lyse grønne farve i tegneserierne til en mere mudret grå farve for at undgå visuelle ligheder med Hulk.
Vin Diesel som Groot:
En trælignende humanoid, der er medskyldig i Rocket. Diesel udtalte, at han leverede stemmen og motion capture til Groot, efter at han oprindeligt var i forhandlinger om at spille hovedrollen i en ny Marvel-film i fase tre. Diesel leverede også Groot's stemme til flere udenlandsksprogede udgivelser af filmen. Krystian Godlewski portrætterede karakteren på settet, selv om hans skuespil ikke blev brugt i den endelige CGI-karakter. Om karakteren, som Gunn baserede på sin hund, sagde Gunn: "Alle Guardians starter filmen som bastarder - undtagen Groot. Han er en uskyldig. Han er hundrede procent dødbringende og hundrede procent sød. Han er fanget i Rockets liv, virkelig." Gunn tilføjede, at designet og bevægelsen af Groot tog "det meste af et år" at skabe. Gunn tilføjede: "De måder, hvorpå Vin Diesel siger: 'Jeg er Groot', er jeg forbløffet over. Alle de 'I am Groots', der tidligere var stemmer, lød slet ikke særlig godt ... Vin kom ind og lagde på én dag alle disse 'I am Groot'-spor ned, og han er perfektionist. Han fik mig til at forklare ham med hver eneste 'I am Groot', præcis hvad han sagde... Det var utroligt, da vi først satte den stemme ind, hvor meget karakteren ændrede sig, og hvor meget han påvirkede karakteren." Med hensyn til de begrænsede ord, som Groot brugte, sagde Diesel, at det på mange måder var "... det mest udfordrende at bede en skuespiller om at gøre." Diesel fandt en følelsesmæssig note i sin præstation, idet han påberåbte sig sin vens og Fast and Furious-medspiller Paul Walkers død og sagde: "Det var i december , og det var første gang, jeg kom tilbage til at beskæftige mig med mennesker efter at have beskæftiget mig med døden, så det var meget rart at spille en karakter, der fejrer livet på den måde, som Groot gør det." Man ser Groot's form og evne til at ændre størrelse, og Gunn udtaler, at han har evnen til at vokse i filmen.
Bradley Cooper som Rocket:
En genetisk manipuleret vaskebjørnelignende dusørjæger og lejesoldat, der er en mester i våben og kamptaktik. Gunn arbejdede med levende vaskebjørne for at få den rette fornemmelse for karakteren og for at sikre, at det ikke var "en tegneseriefigur", og han sagde: "Det er ikke Bugs Bunny midt i Avengers, det er et rigtigt, lille, lidt lemlæstet bæst, der er alene. Der er ingen andre i universet, der er helt som ham, han er blevet skabt af disse fyre til at være en ondskabsfuld kampmaskine." Gunn baserede også karakteren på sig selv. Cooper beskrev Rocket i forhold til resten af Guardians og sagde: "Jeg synes, Rocket er dynamisk. Han er en slags Joe Pesci i Goodfellas-fyren." Cooper lagde stemme til Rocket, mens Sean Gunn (James' yngre bror) vikarierede for karakteren under optagelserne. James Gunn sagde, at der til rollen som Rocket blev optaget nogle fysiske bevægelser fra Cooper, herunder ansigtsudtryk og håndbevægelser, som potentiel reference for animatorerne, selv om meget af Sean Gunns skuespil bruges i hele filmen. Inden Cooper blev castet, sagde James Gunn, at det var en udfordring at finde en stemme til Rocket, at han ledte efter en person, der kunne balancere "det hurtigt talende talemønster, som Rocket har, men som også kan være sjov, for han er virkelig sjov. Men også har det hjerte, som Rocket har. For der er faktisk nogle ret dramatiske scener med Rocket."
Lee Pace som Ronan the Accuser:
En Kree-radikal, der går med til at hente en artefakt for Thanos i bytte for at udrydde hans dødsfjender, Xandarianerne. Ronan og hans Sakaaran-hær jager Guardians, når de forstyrrer hans mål. Gunn beskrev Ronan således: "Han er den primære skurk, og han er en virkelig forskruet fyr, han er virkelig religiøst orienteret i denne film. Han har et meget sygt og forskruet syn på, hvad moral er; styrke er dyd og svaghed er synd, og det er det, han lever efter, og jeg synes, han er meget skræmmende på grund af sin tro, som er reel for ham." Pace, som oprindeligt havde været til audition for Peter Quill, beskrev Ronan som en "psykopat" og et "monster".
Michael Rooker som Yondu Udonta:
En blåhudet bandit, der er leder af Ravagers og en faderlig figur for Quill. Yondu hjælper Quill med at stjæle kuglen, før Quill forråder ham og efterlader Yondu og Ravagers til at jage Guardians. Rooker sagde om karakteren, at han har "nogle interessante problemer - ikke en god fyr, ikke en ond fyr. Der er håb, og der er et hjerte indeni Yondu." Gunn skabte filmens version af karakteren specifikt med Rooker i tankerne, mens han lånte karakterens mohawk og brugen af en fløjte-styret pil fra tegneserierne. Rooker engagerede sig fuldt ud i rollen, da han vidste, at hans rolle i tv-serien The Walking Dead ville slutte. Rooker's makeup tog ca. fire timer at lægge på.
Karen Gillan som Nebula:
En adopteret datter af Thanos, der blev opvokset sammen med Gamora som søskende og er en loyal løjtnant i Ronans og Thanos' tjeneste. Om karakteren sagde Gillan: "Hun er den kvindelige skurk i filmen ... Hun er meget sadistisk og ond, men jeg tror, at der er en meget gyldig grund til det." Hun tilføjede også: "Jeg synes, at hun er en virkelig interessant karakter. Det, jeg kan lide at lege med, er, hvor jaloux hun er. Hun er Gamoras søster, og der er en masse søskenderivalitet. Det er det mest interessante aspekt for mig, fordi jalousi kan opsluge dig og gøre dig bitter og grim. Og hun er en total sadist, så det er også sjovt." Gillan undersøgte de gamle spartanere, barberede sit hår af og trænede i to måneder for at få rollen. Det tog ca. fire og en halv time at lægge karakterens makeup.
Djimon Hounsou som Korath:
En Kree-allieret med Ronan, som er en frygtet intergalaktisk jæger. Om hvorfor han tog rollen sagde Hounsou: "Jeg har en søn på fire år, som elsker superhelte fra Spider-Man til Iron Man og Batman. Han har alle kostumerne. En dag kigger han på mig og siger: 'Far, jeg vil gerne være lys i huden, så jeg kan være Spider-Man'. Spider-Man har lys hud". Det var lidt af et chok. Det er derfor, jeg er glad for at være en del af Marvel-universet, så jeg forhåbentlig kan give den mangfoldighed i rollen som superhelt."
John C. Reilly som Rhomann Dey: En korpsmand i Nova Corps, Nova Imperiets militær- og politistyrke.
Glenn Close som Irani Rael:
Lederen af Nova Corps, kendt som Nova Prime, hvis mission er at beskytte borgerne i Nova Empire og bevare freden. Close udtalte, at hun "altid har ønsket at være med i en film som [Guardians of the Galaxy], og at det ville være "det sjoveste at spille noget i stil med Judi Dench [som M eller] Samuel L. Jackson [som Nick Fury]". Hun sagde, at hun tog rollen, fordi hun "elsker at lave ting, der er anderledes" og ville vise, at hun "[har] altid været klar til alt". Hun udtalte også, at der står "flere" film på hendes kontrakt, og at hun ville være åben over for at arbejde på andre Marvel Studios-film ud over at vende tilbage til Guardians-følgerne.
Benicio del Toro som Taneleer Tivan / The Collector:
En besat vogter af den største samling af interstellar fauna, relikvier og arter i galaksen, der opererer fra et sted i rummet ved navn Knowhere. Gunn beskrev del Toros præstation med ordene: "Han er som en Liberace fra det ydre rum. Det er det, der står i manuskriptet, og det er det, han på en måde gør." Om at bringe karakteren til live sagde del Toro: "Det James [Gunn] ønskede, og som jeg fandt ud af lidt efter lidt, mens jeg lavede det, er, at han ønskede, at jeg skulle udforske og bare blive ved med at skubbe til karakteren og blive ved med at skabe [ham], mens jeg stod foran kameraet."
Guardians of the Galaxy (film)
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord:
The half-human, half-alien leader of the Guardians who was abducted from Missouri as a child in 1988 and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the Ravagers. About the character, Pratt said, "He had a hard time as a kid, and now he goes around space, making out with hot alien girls and just being a rogue and a bit of a jerk, and through teaming up with these guys, finds a higher purpose for himself." He also added that the character is a mix of Han Solo and Marty McFly. Pratt, who was mostly known for playing supporting characters, including Andy Dwyer on the television series Parks and Recreation, initially turned down the role. Pratt had lost weight to portray fit characters in films such as Moneyball and Zero Dark Thirty, and had given up ambitions to play the lead role in action films after humbling auditions for Star Trek and Avatar. Casting director Sarah Finn suggested Pratt to Gunn, who dismissed the idea despite struggling to cast that role. Despite this, Finn arranged for a meeting between the two, at which point Gunn was immediately convinced that Pratt was perfect for the role. Pratt also won over Feige, despite having gained weight again for Delivery Man. Prior to filming, Pratt underwent a strict diet and training regimen to lose 60 lb (27 kg) in six months. Pratt signed a multi-film contract with Marvel, and was granted a temporary leave from his work on Parks and Recreation in order to accommodate his participation in the film. Wyatt Oleff portrays a young Quill.
Zoe Saldana as Gamora:
An orphan from an alien world who seeks redemption for her past crimes. She was trained by Thanos to be his personal assassin. Saldana said that she became Gamora through make-up rather than computer generated imagery (CGI) or performance capture. On taking the role, Saldana said, "I was just excited to be asked to join by James Gunn and to also play someone green. I've been blue before [in Avatar]." Saldana described Gamora as "...a warrior, she’s an assassin and she’s very lethal but what saves her is the same thing that can doom her. She has a sense of righteousness. She’s a very righteous individual."
Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer:
A warrior who seeks to avenge his family's death at the hands of Ronan. On relating to the character, Bautista said, "I can just relate to Drax so much it's not even funny. Just the simple things that we have in common. Simple things like the tattoos, the tragedy – because you know, I had a bit of tragedy in my life as well. So it's really easy for me to pull from that." Bautista also said that there was "a lot of comic relief to Drax", but the character was not aware of it. Bautista stated that he did not do much preparation for the role, because "Luckily, for me, I'm a lifelong athlete and I adapted real quick." Bautista's makeup took approximately four hours to apply, though it could be removed in just 90 minutes. Drax has various scarring patterns on his body, which replace the simple tattoos from the comics, each having a specific story. Additionally, his skin tone was changed from the bright green in the comics to a muddier grey, to avoid visual similarities to the Hulk.
Vin Diesel as Groot:
A tree-like humanoid who is the accomplice of Rocket. Diesel stated that he provided the voice and motion capture for Groot, after originally being in talks to star in a new Phase Three Marvel film. Diesel also provided Groot's voice for several foreign-language releases of the film. Krystian Godlewski portrayed the character on set, though his acting was not used in the final character CGI. On the character, which Gunn based on his dog, Gunn said, "All the Guardians start out the movie as bastards – except Groot. He's an innocent. He's a hundred percent deadly and a hundred percent sweet. He's caught up in Rocket's life, really." Gunn added that the design and movement of Groot took "the better part of a year" to create. Gunn added, "The ways in which Vin Diesel says, 'I am Groot,' I am astounded. All of the 'I am Groots' that were earlier voices didn't sound very good at all... Vin came in and in one day, laid down all these 'I am Groot' tracks, and he's a perfectionist. He made me explain to him with ever  [sic] 'I am Groot,' exactly what he was saying... It was amazing when we first put that voice in there how much the character changed and how much he influenced the character." Regarding the limited words used by Groot, Diesel said in many ways this was, "... the most challenging thing to ask an actor to do." Diesel found an emotional note in his performance, invoking the death of his friend and Fast and Furious co-star Paul Walker, saying, "This was in December , and the first time I came back to dealing with human beings after dealing with death, so playing a character who celebrates life in the way Groot does was very nice." Groot's form and size-changing abilities are seen, with Gunn stating that he has the ability to grow in the film.
Bradley Cooper as Rocket:
A genetically engineered raccoon-like bounty hunter and mercenary who is a master of weapons and battle tactics. Gunn worked with live raccoons to get the correct feel for the character, and to make sure it was "not a cartoon character", saying, "It's not Bugs Bunny in the middle of the Avengers, it's a real, little, somewhat mangled beast that's alone. There's no one else in the universe quite like him, he's been created by these guys to be a mean-ass fighting machine." Gunn also based the character on himself. Describing Rocket in relation to the rest of the Guardians, Cooper said, "I think Rocket is dynamic. He's the sort of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas guy." Cooper voiced Rocket, while Sean Gunn (James' younger brother) stood in for the character during filming. James Gunn said that for the role of Rocket, some physical movement from Cooper, including facial expressions and hand movements, was recorded as potential reference for the animators, though much of Sean Gunn's acting is used throughout the film. Before Cooper was cast, James Gunn said that it was a challenge finding a voice for Rocket, that he was looking for someone that could balance "the fast-talking speech patterns that Rocket has, but also can be funny, because he is really funny. But also has the heart that Rocket has. Because there are actually some pretty dramatic scenes with Rocket."
Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser:
A Kree radical who agrees to retrieve an artifact for Thanos in exchange for eradicating his mortal enemies, the Xandarians. Ronan and his Sakaaran army hunt down the Guardians when they interfere with his goals. Describing Ronan, Gunn said, "He is the primary villain, and he is a really twisted guy, he has a really religious bent in this film. He has a very sick and twisted view of what morality is; strength is virtue and weakness is sin and that is what he lives by, and I think he is very scary because of his beliefs, which are real to him." Pace, who originally auditioned for Peter Quill, described Ronan as a "psycho" and a "monster".
Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta:
A blue-skinned bandit who is the leader of the Ravagers and a paternal figure to Quill. Yondu helps Quill to steal the orb before Quill betrays him, leaving Yondu and the Ravagers to chase the Guardians. On the character, Rooker said, he has "some interesting issues–not a good guy, not a bad guy. There's hope and there's a heart inside Yondu." Gunn created the film's version of the character specifically with Rooker in mind, while borrowing the character's mohawk and use of a whistle-controlled arrow from the comics. Rooker fully committed to the role once he knew his role on the TV series The Walking Dead would be ending. Rooker's makeup took approximately four hours to apply.
Karen Gillan as Nebula:
An adopted daughter of Thanos who was raised with Gamora as siblings and is a loyal lieutenant in the employ of Ronan and Thanos. About the character, Gillan said, "She is the female villain of the film ... She is very sadistic and evil, but I like to think for a very valid reason." She also added, "I think she's a really interesting character. What I like to play around with is how jealous she is. She's Gamora's sister, and there's a lot of sibling rivalry. That's the most interesting aspect to me, because jealousy can consume you and turn you bitter, and ugly. And she's a total sadist, so that's fun too." Gillan researched the ancient Spartans, shaved off her hair, and trained for two months for the role. The character's makeup took approximately four and a half hours to be applied.
Djimon Hounsou as Korath:
A Kree ally of Ronan who is a feared intergalactic hunter. As to why he took the role Hounsou said, "I have a four-year old son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron Man to Batman. He's got all the costumes. One day he looks at me and says 'Dad, I want to be light-skinned so I could be Spider-Man. Spider-Man has light skin.' That was sort of a shock. This is why I am excited to be a part of the Marvel Universe, so I could hopefully provide that diversity in the role of the superhero."
John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey: A corpsman in the Nova Corps, the Nova Empire's military and police force.
Glenn Close as Irani Rael:
The leader of the Nova Corps, known as Nova Prime, whose mission is to protect the citizens of the Nova Empire and keep peace. Close stated that she "had always wanted to be in a movie like [Guardians of the Galaxy], and that it would be "the most fun to play something like the Judi Dench [as M or] Samuel L. Jackson [as Nick Fury] role". She said that she took the role because she "love[s] to do stuff that's different" and wanted to show that she "[has] always been up for anything." She also stated that her contract has "several" films on it, and that she would be open to working on other Marvel Studios films in addition to returning for Guardians sequels.
Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector:
An obsessive keeper of the largest collection of interstellar fauna, relics, and species in the galaxy who operates out of a place in space named Knowhere. Describing del Toro's performance, Gunn said, "He's like an outer-space Liberace. That's what it says in the script, which he's kind of doing." On bringing the character to life, del Toro said, "What James [Gunn] wanted, that I found out little by little as I was doing it, is that he wanted me to explore and just keep pushing the character and keep creating [him] as I was in front of the camera."
Guardians of the Galaxy (film)