Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 is out this Friday and
we're sure a lot of you have advanced tickets burning a hole in your pocket.
And we decided to do our own Guardians Volume 2 with today's episode,
so let's get going.
Here are seven more things you didn't know about the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Probably.
- Here you go.
- I was just kidding about the leg.
I just need these two things.
- What? - I thought it would be funny.
It wasn't funny?
No, hey, what'd he look like hopping around?
- In our part one episode,
we told you guys that director James Gunn had his brother Sean play Rocket on set.
But, there was also a little actress named Arti Shah, who they had stand in for
Rocket at times.
Interestingly enough, when Sean Gunn would get into his lowest possible
crouch as Rocket, he was actually shorter than Arti was.
For Groot,
they had a Polish mime named Christian Graznewski stand in during filming.
He helped inform the CG Groot's movements, and
also gave the actors someone to, act with.
- Thank you.
See?
Groot's the only one of you who has a clue.
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- All Vin Diesel ever had to do was show up to the recording studio.
Though he still felt the need to wear stilts that made him Groot sized,
possibly because he's a weirdo.
- Groot.
- Let's move on. (Music)
While Kristian Godlewski has the official credit of being the CGI actor for Groot on
Guardians, he shares that performance with with an uncredited James Gunn.
In this scene from the trailer with the tape deck blasting Hooked on a Feeling,
which we can't play because of copyright claims,
Groot's movement is based on Gunn acting it out first.
And dancing Baby Groot, that's pure Gunn too.
Though, the rumor is that he was so embarrassed about his dancing that he
refused to do it in front of the motion capture team.
Instead, he filmed himself in an empty room and
then just gave the footage to the animators afterwards.
None the less baby Groot's dance moves may look a bit different in Volume 2
which is my way of segwaying to our next thing.
- No, that's the button that would kill everyone.
Try again.
- I am Groot.
- Mm-hm.
- I am Groot.
- Uh-huh.
- I'm Groot.
- No!
- Vin Diesel is doing a bit more heavy lifting in playing baby Groot for
Guardians Volume Two.
He's still doing the voice, but this time he actually did do motion capture work for
Groot as well.
So, don't be surprised if baby Groot's awkward smile makes you too
feel super duper cringy and uncomfortable in Guardians 2.
Meanwhile, the real story here is,
Vin Diesel continues to put Polish mimes out of work.
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We covered that James Gun's brother is in guardians but
you probably didn't know that his dog is also in the film.
That's Dr. Wesley Von Spears, James Gunn's dog in real life.
While we're at it we may as well hit you with a bonus thing and
mention that's Nathan Fillion voicing this blue guy in the prison.
I'm going to slather you up in jelly (Laugh) go to town.
- The fact the Fillion would be involved in Guardians was leaked well before
the movies release but all the fan boy speculation wound up being way off
the mark for what he'd actually be doing in it.
No one guessed he'd be playing monstrous inmate.
You know, that classic Marvel character.
Next thing.
- Let us see what you brought.
Remember this part, when Star Lord drops the orb?
(Sound) Pretty funny right?
Well it was also a totally real accident.
Chris Pratt wasn't supposed to drop it, but his recovery was so
funny that was the take they decided to use in the final film.
Just another one of those happy accidents on set.
- Nice, great, well done, that's it, cut.
- Moving on.
(Noise) - Enough that's (Inaudible)
Time to- (Noise) - Guardians of the Galaxy was a much
bigger hit than anyone anticipated, and Volume 2 is sure to follow suit, which
makes it easy to forget that it's based on a Marvel comic that hardly anyone read.
That's why most people don't know that none of the guardians in the movie were
part of the original team in the comics.
- I'm gonna die surrounded by the biggest idiots in the galaxy.
- Starlord, Gamorra,
Drax, Rocket, and Groot are obscure characters in an already obscure comic.
Marvel basically used the comic's obscurity to their advantage, and
picked the characters they thought would be the most marketable.
There wouldn't be many people who'd object to them leaving out,
say, Vance Astro, aka, Major VIctory,
since most comic fans don't even know who the hell that is in the first place.
- And some $773 million worldwide later.
Seems like Marvel's decision went over just fine.
- 12% - 12%?
(Laugh) - That's a fake laugh.
- It's real.
- Bradley Cooper is a great Rocket but
have you ever wondered how good of a job Adam Sandler might have done or Jim Carey?
Because the studio certainly did.
Sandler and
Carey were both serious considerations when they were casting Rocket.
Another name in the mix were H John Benjamin a.k.a.,
Sterling Archer which to be perfectly honest is making us think maybe
they sort of blew it when they went with Bradley Cooper instead.
I mean Geez Marvel what the (Bleep).
- What up?
- What?
- Danger Zone.
- Hopefully you are now seven things smarter about Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hit the thumbs up if you want to see a Volume 3 with even more things
we didn't get to today.
Something tells me that the overwhelming consensus is going to be, hell yes.
Do it now.
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