Guardians of the Galaxy 3: James Gunn Says He Was Toying With the Idea of Not Including a Major Character

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 hit theatres earlier this month on May 5th and has had one of the best receptions from MCU fans in recent times. As fans reminisce the events of the movie and wonder what’s to come James Gunn dropped an information that we can only be thankful to the director for not having gone ahead with. Apparently, Gunn did consider the idea of not including a Guardian in the movie.

GOTG Vol. 3 had chances of not bringing back Gamora

In a recent interview with The New York Times, James Gunn was asked if there was a possibility of Gamora not coming back in any form in Volume 3. To which, Gunn replied in the affirmative. He said, “That was a possibility, yes. He (Peter Quill) would be dealing with her loss, but she wouldn’t come back and confront him in this different way. I toyed with it a lot as I was writing the script.”

Gunn informs that Gamora was originally going to die in Volume 2, after which they “talked about it happening in “Infinity War” and that worked better for the story.” Gamora’s death in Infinity War left a void as Quill and Gamora had just become a couple, and it looked like a beginning to this new chapter. And when she came back in Endgame, as a Gamora from the past, she was a different person altogether. So how do you tie all the threads together for that much needed closure? The answer is that, you don’t. Quill lost the Gamora that he loved in Infinity War, and it is what it is.

“It’s something we do a lot in relationships anyway: We expect someone who reminds us of somebody from the past to be that somebody from the past. Especially with women, Peter Quill defines people around him to suit his own needs as opposed to really looking and seeing who they actually are as human beings. And Gamora is just not the same Gamora. She’s a different person.”

Actress Karen Gillan thinks her character Nebula has a crush on Quill

It only made sense that this new Gamora did not need to be a part of this journey of the Guardians, and Gunn did consider cutting her out. But with Volume 3, Gamora’s character arc sort of comes to a full circle, as she ultimately does appear to help Quill deal with the change, instead of leaving him and the audience to it alone. As for Quill’s love story, here’s what the director has to say,

“I think that Nebula, emotionally, is sort of that mean schoolgirl who’s not going to show her feelings to anybody. Karen thinks that Nebula has a little bit of a crush on Quill that she doesn’t quite know how to put together, and it makes sense because as we come to them in “Vol. 3,” we realize that they are the two leaders of the Guardians. I think it’s very normal in any close friendship to have some sort of occasional romantic or crush-like feelings.”