“I play a character called Nebula. She's the female villain of the film and she has a very interesting relationship with the lead female Gamora, played by Zoe Saldana. It's a very complex, interesting part of the film,” Karen Gillan tells Clever Movies at the Thor: The Dark World LA premiere. “It's really amazing working with Zoe Saldana. She's like a master of work in the camera; it was just so cool to watch her work. And also she's amazing at stunts, really amazing. She used to be a ballerina, so she's good at that stuff, whereas I look like spaghetti.”
When asked for one thing she learned from her Guardians of the Galaxy role, Gillan replied, “I've never played a bad character, but to give her (Nebula) a reason to be bad was something that was interesting to me and I feel like I've learned something about that.” Karen Gillan was then asked for her thoughts on Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel voicing Rocket Raccoon and Groot.
“I think it's perfect! Rocket Raccoon is one of the best characters in the film in my opinion and has so many amazing lines. So, [Marvel] needed to get a really amazing actor for the role, and they did So, I'm really excited to hear what [Cooper] does with it,” she said. What about Groot? “That's gonna be so good,” the British actress said, laughing. “I mean, he's a huge tree... we're going to see a tree talking and also a tree probably make us cry at some point,” Gillan adds.
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” the next epic adventure from Marvel Studios, is directed by James Gunn from his screenplay, with a story by Nicole Perlman and Gunn, and the film will introduce audiences to a whole new side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The all-star cast includes Chris Pratt as Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou as Korath, Academy Award® winner Benicio del Toro as The Collector, Academy Award nominee John C. Reilly as Rhomann Dey, and six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close as Nova Prime, with Vin Diesal as Groot and Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” is scheduled for release August 1, 2014!