James Gunnis breaking his silence after hispublic firingfromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3following resurfaced tweets in which he joked about pedophilia and rape.
The 52-year-old director, who helmed the first twoGuardians of the Galaxyfilms for Marvel, apologized for his insensitive tweets after they were resurfaced in July 2018. Disney has sincerehired the directorin March.
“From my girlfriend Jen; my producer and my agents;Chris Prattcalling me and freaking out; Zoë Saldana and Karen Gillan, all calling and crying,” Gunn said. “Sylvester Stallone FaceTime-ing me. And, of course, Dave Bautista, who came out so strong.”
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The outpouring of support made him realize something about the public enmity he faced.
“So a part of that day was the worst of my life, and a part of it was the greatest day of my life,” Gunn admitted. “I certainly haven’t been perfect in my spiritual journeys since that time, but I have been better.”
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Gunn, who has since signed on to write theSuicide Squadsequel after he was fired, apologized once the tweets were surfaced, explaining that he has since grown as a person and in his work. He said that it used to be part of his act to tweet things that would outrage people.
“In the past, I have apologized for humor of mine that hurt people,” Gunn wrote is a series of tweets at the time. “I truly felt sorry and meant every word of my apologies. Anyway, that’s the completely honest truth: I used to make a lot of offensive jokes. I don’t anymore. I don’t blame my past self for this, but I like myself more and feel like a more full human being and creator today. Love you to you all.”
After his firing, theGuardians of the Galaxycast rallied around Gunn in an open letter where they publicly called for him to be reinstated.
Pratt, Saldana, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Sean Gunn, Pom Klementieff,Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel and Michael Rooker all signed the statement, which was posted to their social media pages.
Suicide SquadandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3are both set for 2021 release dates.
source: people.com
