Sean Gunn Talks GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2, Playing Rocket Raccoon, And More

Sean Gunn Talks GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2, Playing Rocket Raccoon, And More

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn's brother, Sean, physically played Yondu's right hand man Kraglin. He also filled in for Rocket Raccoon and Thanos, pre-CGI... read what he has to say about the upcoming sequel!

By DougMcCausland - Aug 05, 2014 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 2
Source: AlternativeNation.net

Much of the success of Guardians of the Galaxy can be credited to director/screenwriter James Gunn, but much can be said about his brother Sean's contribution to the flick. Sean portrayed Yondu's right hand man, Kraglin, though perhaps his biggest contribution to the film was physically Rocket Raccoon throughout the entire shoot. Speaking to AlternativeNation, Gunn explained why he had to physically act the role of Bradley Cooper's Rocket Raccon as a fill in for the final CGI character.  Bradley hadn’t been cast yet... the lead actors, mostly Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Dave Bautista, they needed something to sort of ground Rocket, so they are not imagining for themselves what Rocket’s gonna look like, and then they’re all on different pages as to what they are imagining.

James Gunn recently credited Sean with the "jackasses in a circle" line. Jeff Bridges recently stated that Iron Man barely had a set script. When asked about the extent of the improvisation behind the scenes, Sean said the script was actually mostly complete. Actually, almost all of it was totally written into the script. The only things that were improvised, every now and then, joke lines… my brother would let people go with it and do their own stuff, or he would offer to read them new lines. Even a lot of “improvised” lines were actually fed to the actors by James himself. One or two improvised lines ended up in there, the jackasses one included… yeah, I wasn’t even sure if it was funny when I said it!

When asked about having an expanded role for Kraglin in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Sean played it coy, saying that he'd hope for any sort of role in the film, but adding that some of the crew had jokingly already planned Kraglin's grisly demise. My friend Simon, my brother James’s assistant, he keeps texting me jokes like, “We’ve already decided on the opening of the second movie, it’ll be Kraglin’s face, then we’ll pull back to see its his head on a stick!” [laughs] Yondu would kill me before the second movie even starts.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits–Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand - with the galaxy’s fate in the balance. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is presented by Marvel Studios and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gilian, Djimon Hounsou with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Commander Rael and Benicio del Toro as The Collector. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film opens August 1, 2014.

 

 

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Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:11 AM
Sean Gunn's character was, in my honest opinion, funny. I'd like to see him pop-up in some more films.
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:13 AM
@Jollem
After awhile I honestly start to feel bad for you.

That butthurt has to be a bitch sometimes.
LMB10
LMB10 - 8/5/2014, 11:13 AM
Kraglin was pretty funny, liked his interaction with Drax
Him
Him - 8/5/2014, 11:18 AM
Kraglin was the only character I disliked.
BigChuter
BigChuter - 8/5/2014, 11:19 AM
I wonder if they'll have Bradley and Vin on set for the next one. The way Sean Gunn says it sort of suggests that he was playing Rocket on set simply because they hadn't cast him yet. Either way, what a brilliant movie, and I can't wait for the second one.
RRA
RRA - 8/5/2014, 11:20 AM
I hope Super Power Beat Down does an episode on Rocket/Caesar.
YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 8/5/2014, 11:23 AM
"Yondu's gotta teach stuff!"
yossarian
yossarian - 8/5/2014, 11:27 AM
Where is Ciph?
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:27 AM
This is good, NSFW (language)

Spideysense44
Spideysense44 - 8/5/2014, 11:28 AM
Kraglin was nothing special but I don't think he was supposed to be anyway
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:28 AM
He's passed out in the alley behind an irish pub in Kentucky.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 8/5/2014, 11:29 AM
Kraglin was a real trailer trash mother[frick]er. In fact, all the Ravagers were trailer trash mother[frick]ers.
yossarian
yossarian - 8/5/2014, 11:30 AM
What the [frick] is he doing in Kentucky?
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:32 AM
Yeah, he was funny, liked the part when he did the lil' "buddy" punch to Drax lol, Drax looked back at him like WTF dude?
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:33 AM
I heard he and Gusto made a list of the greatest bars in America, and planned to go to all of them in one day. They managed to only hit 3 of them until Ciph passed out.
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:33 AM
Now Gusto is on an AMTRAK headed for Detroit metro-station.
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:34 AM
...out before Nomis' comment...

Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:34 AM
Lol you see him to batz?
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:35 AM
Yeah, he's [frick]in' creepin...
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:35 AM
Guess not :) LMAO Nom!
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/5/2014, 11:35 AM
What the [frick] is Kentucky doing in Kentucky? That's like Detroit without color...
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:37 AM
That son of a biscuit Nomis...
Interestein
Interestein - 8/5/2014, 11:39 AM
Kraglin was awesome! He should be space pirate Coulson, haha.
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:42 AM
@Nomis


YOU!



You're a mewling...




;) xoxo
batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 11:44 AM
Pasto
Pasto - 8/5/2014, 11:44 AM
Nomis, I will find you, then I will eat you.
TucksFrom2015
TucksFrom2015 - 8/5/2014, 11:45 AM
SmellofDuty
SmellofDuty - 8/5/2014, 12:09 PM
Somebody explain to me the brief history behind this all, because these comments are hilarious but I don't understand it in the least.
jCamer0n
jCamer0n - 8/5/2014, 12:11 PM


Just another Transformers-like movie. The only difference is, this movie has a lot of dancing and singing.

X-men: First Class beats the shit out of this cringe inducing film.

Can't blame Matt Vaughn for dropping out of the cookie-cutter movie called Thor. He probably knows what he is getting into.


batz11
batz11 - 8/5/2014, 12:20 PM
^ god, you're so right, what were we all thinking...
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