James Gunn talks about his reappointment by MCU
James Gunn opens up on being re-hired by Marvel after he was sacked from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise in 2018.
According to Independent, Gunn was fired from the MCU after his controversial funny tweets about rape and pedophilia as well as US president Donald Trump at the time.
A year later, Gunn was appointed again by Disney to direct
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and also Christmas special for Disney+
Speaking
to The Hollywood Reporter, Gunn revealed that he was rehired on Disney movie
chairman Alan Horn’s request, who had initially sacked Gunn over his tweets,
saying it “indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values”.
Gunn
claimed that he heard Horn regretted his decision, stating, “It’s a 100
percent because Alan Horn felt sick. He did it because he thought it was the
right thing to do.’
Meanwhile, Marvel boss Kevin Feige also commented on this
entire episode and disclosed that no one was interviewed to replace Gunn
during his absence.
“We didn’t even put a preliminary list
together just because we couldn’t do it. We couldn’t stomach it,” added
Feige.
Meanwhile, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 is slated to
release in theatres on May 3.
