Karen Gillan's villainous
Nebula lived to fight another day after narrowly escaping at the conclusion of
Guardians of the Galaxy. While the character returns as a begrudging member of the team in the sequel, Gillan revealed in an interview with Digital Spy that the film's original script actually saw Nebula die.
"No, I did not [foresee a character arc for Nebula]. I definitely had a feeling that there was room for the character to expand in the future, but she was originally supposed to die in the first movie, I think I remember in the script," she explained.
"She obviously did not die, then I found out that she was coming back in the second movie and then I found out we got to explore all these amazing things about her past and her relationship with Gamora, her sister, so I was really happy."
Guardians director James Gunn
previously stated that he's thought about Nebula having her own spin-off film, something that Gillan was very enthused about, despite the very limited chance of it ever happening.
"I'm waiting for this [spin-off] because obviously this needs to happen. I don't know if it's ever going to happen, but I would love it. I think it would be amazing to see a female-driven film like that. We have Captain Marvel coming up, which is quite exciting. We could do with some more females at the forefront."
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Vol. 2 and
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