GOTG VOL. 3 Star Zoe Saldaña On Playing Gamora For The Final Time; New Still Released

GOTG VOL. 3 Star Zoe Saldaña On Playing Gamora For The Final Time; New Still Released

Zoe Saldaña has confirmed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will mark her final time in the role of Gamora, but she hopes that the character can live on in the MCU without her. We also have a new still.

By MarkCassidy - Apr 25, 2023 10:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be James Gunn's final Guardians movie (and possibly his finale film for Marvel Studios full stop), and while the team might well stick around in the Marvel Cinematic Universe under a new director, we know that at least some of the core cast members will be bidding farewell to their characters.

Dave Bautista has made it very clear that he's "done" playing Drax, and Zoe Saldaña has now confirmed that Vol. 3 will mark the last time we see her as Gamora.

"I think the time has come for me to step down, and for the next generation to come forward," Saldaña tells Total Film. "The one thing I would not want is for Gamora to go away. She’s been such an impactful character for fans, and especially female fans, and young female fans. I would love for Marvel to figure out a way to find that next generation of actors that can incarnate these characters, and give them this immortality that fans generationally keep coming back to… But me, per se? I mean, I signed up for one, and I got 10 years. Lucky me, man. I have no complaints. And I’m moving on with so much grace and gratitude in my heart."

It doesn't sound like Gamora is going to be killed-off (she died once already), so perhaps she simply decides to give up the hero life and settle down? We'll find out when the GOTG threequel hits theaters early next month.

For now, you can check out a new image of Gamora below.

"In Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past." "Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them."

Gunn writes and directs Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter, and Maria Bakalova. Kevin Feige is the producer and Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nikolas Korda, Simon Hatt, and Sara Smith serve as executive producers.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 arrives in theaters on May 5, 2023.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 4/25/2023, 10:32 AM
She’s like “I’m getting that Avatar check again, I’m good now”.
Vigor
Vigor - 4/25/2023, 11:20 AM
@PlusUltra - haha yep
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 4/25/2023, 10:34 AM
can't wait for GOTG 3

and

this


ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/25/2023, 10:35 AM
"I would love for Marvel to figure out a way to find that next generation of actors that can incarnate these characters, and give them this immortality that fans generationally keep coming back to".

Best comment on this site and it wasn't even written by one of us.

...which is not actually surprising, lol.
mountainman
mountainman - 4/25/2023, 11:01 AM
Is it just me, or did she change from Saldana to Saldaña recently? Or maybe the media was just misspelling her name before. Not sure but I don’t remember seeing the ñ in her last name until recently.
SATW42
SATW42 - 4/25/2023, 11:28 AM
@mountainman - From what I know, Saldaña is her actual, real name. She went by Saldana seemingly as a business decision and management requests. Than in 2021 for Maya and the Three, a Netflix animated series she brought the ñ back
mountainman
mountainman - 4/25/2023, 11:45 AM
@SATW42 - Makes complete sense. She “Americanized” her name at first, like many in Hollywood tend to do, and now she has embraced her actual name. Good for her. Thank you for confirming that I didn’t just make the change up in my head.
Saga
Saga - 4/25/2023, 1:57 PM
Looooove Zoe i'm so glad she has had all this amazing success, hopefully she gets more to do in the avatar sequels i missed her a Lot during way of water
DocSpock
DocSpock - 4/25/2023, 3:44 PM


Zoe is beautiful, graceful, & a great actress.

I'm sure she wants me as much as I want her.

blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 4/25/2023, 9:50 PM
@DocSpock - yes, me too
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/25/2023, 4:44 PM
As much as it sucks having to say goodbye to this cast who have portrayed each character. We will be getting a fresh new take on the Fantastic 4 that might fill that team void. They have to nail the Johnny and Thing dynamic for it to work successfully in my opinion. I also think that if they can make Reed such a likeable protagonist, The MCU going forward will have a great trinity between Strange, Spider-Man, and Mr. Fantastic.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 4/25/2023, 6:02 PM
Her only memory is her banter with starlord and being thrown off of a mountain.

Only gotg with highlights is the Rodent.

Drax was stupid.

Nebula was alright.

Mantis...

Groot... new Groot was annoying. Original Groot was good.

Overall a good team oy because of their banter. After that who cares.
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