When it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s take on the Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn has written and directed all their “solo” adventures, including the upcoming Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. However, because of the shared universe nature of this franchise, it eventually became necessary for other filmmakers to leave their stamp on these characters, starting with Avengers: Infinity War. While Gunn did contribute to that Marvel movie by writing some dialogue for the Guardians and suggesting the song “Rubberband Man” for their first scene, but he’s shared that he does have one specific issue with Infinity War that’s tied with Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord.
To be clear, it’s not like James Gunn dislikes Avengers: Infinity War; quite the contrary, as he said in 2021 that his “favorite scene” in the movie was when Gamora died by Thanos’ hand. However, while speaking with THR, the writer/director did acknowledge that directors Joe and Anthony Russo "did some things that I wouldn’t have wanted” in Infinity War, specially noting that Star-Lord would have killed Gamora if she asked him to, and he also wouldn’t have “punched Thanos and doomed the universe.”
