Marvel Stopped James Gunn From Killing Off Gamora in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’
thewrap.comComicBook.com that in the earliest iterations of the second film, Gamora would be the one to die, instead of Michael Rooker’s Yondu.“I knew from the beginning Zoe only wanted to play the character for so many years, and she’s been very honest saying that she’s done [after this],” Gunn explained. “And so I was going to have her die.
I thought she was the one that was going to sacrifice herself, and Quill was going to learn about himself, as opposed to in the second movie, and I thought different of it.” Gunn noted that he “was kind of talked out of it by Kevin [Feige] and Lou [D’Esposito],” especially with plans for the end of the Infinity Saga looming.
After talking with them, Gamora’s death “just didn’t work that well” or “feel right” for the story.“I think at the time I was afraid of killing Michael Rooker because he’s my friend,” Gunn continued. “So I felt bad about killing Rooker and I didn’t want to do that.
But that was where the story naturally progressed to. So a lot of the things that I was planning on dealing with, I dealt with through what the Russos did, which they called me up and said, ‘We’re thinking about this, does this work?
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