In 2017, four years after she made her Hollywood debut in the Oldboy remake, Pom Klementieff appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Mantis, who’s been an integral member of the team since then, and fans have clearly taken to her, as evidenced by the graphic Bugborg fan fiction. We reunited with Mantis, her brother Peter Quill and the rest of these heroes earlier this month in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and just like in her previous MCU appearances, Klementieff’s character wasn’t lacking in funny moments. In fact, the actress has been hilariously tormenting writer/director James Gunn with one of Mantis’ lines from the 2023 new movie release.
There’s a moment in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 where Peter is pouring his heart out to the time-displaced Gamora over what he believes is a secure communication line in their space suits. As it turns out, Peter was actually using the open line, allowing Mantis, Drax and Nebula to hear everything that was said, prompting the former two to explain which buttons on their space suits corresponded to which lines. In her own moment of confusion, Mantis pressed one of the buttons and obnoxiously exclaimed “HELLO!” into everyone’s ears, and Klementieff continues to say that word with that same delivery to James Gunn as often as possible. The actress shared this with CinemaBlend during the Vol. 3 junket, as you’ll see below.
