It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a decade since writer/director James Gunn delivered Guardians of the Galaxy and propelled the title Marvel superhero team to global popularity. In those days, Michael Rooker’s Yondu was still alive, and there’s an especially funny scene with him and Sean Gunn’s Kraglin that remains one of my favorite moments in the movie. That said, there’s also been a long-standing rumor about this GOTG scene that’s making the rounds again, and Gunn took some time to clarify it.
Though Gunn is keeping busy these days running DC Studios with Peter Safran, which includes directing Superman and the upcoming DC movie Man of Tomorrow, he’s still happy to talk about his time with the Guardians of the Galaxy in the MCU. Case in point, when he noticed a social media post claiming Michael Rooker improvised the Guardians of the Galaxy scene where Yondu started mocking the Broker, causing Sean Gunn to break character, Gunn wrote that both moments were scripted, then added on Threads:
