Popsugar Entertainment Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Reactions to James Gunn Firing Guardians of the Galaxy Cast "Fully Supports" James Gunn After Firing Controversy 23 July 2018 by Ryan Roschke Image Source: Disney On July 20, Disney abruptly fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn after a series of inappropriate jokes from a decade ago resurfaced on Twitter. In the time since, the internet has been in a spiral, trying to decide whether or not Gunn should be punished for years-old jokes (tasteless as they may be) and whether Disney was in the right by taking such swift action. Think pieces were written. A petition was started, accruing more than 200,000 signatures. And the Guardians of the Galaxy cast have all jumped to Gunn's defence. So far, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, and Gunn's brother, Sean Gunn, have all weighed in. Some, like Gillan, offered short responses of love and support. Bautista posted a more impassioned response and even retweeted a few articles and replied to a few haters. Gunn's brother offered a 10-tweet statement with his thoughts on the matter. Pratt went with a more mysterious response and tweeted a verse from the Bible. Disney has yet to respond to the cast statements (or the petition, which continues to gather signatures). 1 Chris Pratt “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters. Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.”JAMES 1:19🙏♥️— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) July 22, 2018 1 / 18 2 Zoe Saldana It’s been a challenging weekend I’m not gonna lie. I’m pausing myself to take everything in before I speak out of term. I just want everyone to know I love ALL members of my GOTG family. Always will.— Zoe Saldana (@zoesaldana) July 22, 2018 2 / 18 3 Pom Klementieff ❤️ pic.twitter.com/49RokUOI5d— Pom Klementieff (@PomKlementieff) July 23, 2018 3 / 18 4 Karen Gillan Love to every single member of my GOTG family.— Karen Gillan (@karengillan) July 23, 2018 4 / 18 Just to clarify, I'll speak more on this later but just wanted to make sure that was out there. Love to you all.— Karen Gillan (@karengillan) July 23, 2018 5 / 18 5 Dave Bautista I will have more to say but for right now all I will say is this..@JamesGunn is one of the most loving,caring,good natured people I have ever met. He’s gentle and kind and cares deeply for people and animals. He’s made mistakes. We all have. Im NOT ok with what’s happening to him— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 21, 2018 6 / 18 Thank you @SelmaBlair https://t.co/4YDa2s6IYQ— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 22, 2018 7 / 18 6 Sean Gunn 1. I hope it goes without saying that I love and support my brother James. And I'm quite proud of how kind, generous, and compassionate he is with the people in his life, whether they are friends, family, colleagues, fans, or strangers.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 8 / 18 2. Since he was a kid, it was clear he had a desire (maybe destiny) to be an artist, tell stories, find his voice through comics, films, his band. The struggle to find that voice was sometimes clunky, misguided, or downright stupid, and sometimes wonderful, moving, and hilarious.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 9 / 18 3. Since devoting his entire life to the Guardians movies and MCU six years ago, I've seen him channel that voice into his work on those movies and seen him transform from the guy who made up things to shock people.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 10 / 18 4. I saw firsthand as he went from worrying about "softening his edge" for a larger audience to realizing that his "edge" wasn't as useful of a tool as he thought it was. That his gift for storytelling was something better.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 11 / 18 5. I saw that he was more open-hearted than the guy who needed to get a rise out of people by making nasty or offensive jokes (or whatever you choose to call them--I don't think his bluer material was ever his funniest and neither does Mom).— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 12 / 18 6. In many respects this change in my brother was reflected in the change that the Guardians go through. I've heard my brother say many times that when Quill rallies the team with "this is our chance to give a shit"--to care--that it's the pep talk he himself needed to hear.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 13 / 18 7. It's part of what made working on the Guardians movies such a rewarding experience for the cast, myself included. We managed to find ourselves involved in a big-budget superhero movie that was, at its core, deeply personal. That's a gift. And that's why it's good.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 14 / 18 8. This isn't new information, by the way. It's all stuff that James has explained many times in interviews, in more detail and more eloquently. It's not some new spin. It's always been part of the story.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 15 / 18 9. So I guess my hope is that fans continue to watch and appreciate the Guardians movies, not despite the fact that the filmmaker used to be kind of a jackass, but because of it. They are, after all, movies about discovering your best self.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 16 / 18 10. Working on those movies made my brother a better person, and they made me one too. I'm proud of that. Peace.— Sean Gunn (@seangunn) July 21, 2018 17 / 18 A post shared by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Jul 30, 2018 at 9:41am PDT 18 / 18 Guardians Of The Galaxy 3James GunnGuardians Of The GalaxyEntertainment NewsMoviesCelebrity TwitterDisney