James Gunn Says Guardians of the Galaxy Has Four Times as Many Characters as Any Other Marvel Movie

Director James Gunn recently put the finishing touches on Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which hits theaters on Aug. 1. And according to the man himself, this movie will feature four times as many characters as any film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far.

Screen Rant spoke to Gunn on set back in September and asked him about Easter Eggs, references, etc. in the movie:

"I actually have to clear everything with legal. We put in little things like graffiti on the walls and stuff like that. There's a ton, a ton of characters from the comics in this movie, in little tiny roles. But we have to clear everything with legal because once I use their name then I'm screwed in that scene or whatever. We have just tons of reference to you know Marvel Cosmic throughout the movie. And I'm certain probably the most Marvel comics characters ever in one movie.

"I would imagine time four, really. If you think about The Avengers, there was a few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and then all of the Avengers and then be kinda done. With us, we have-almost every little character is named after somebody in the comics. Some of them are far stretches from what they were in the comics. But we try to keep those little things in there for the fans and they can go and they can look them up and see who they are in the Marvel wiki page and stuff like that. But there's a lot of characters."

The lengthy interview with the director dives into numerous topics about the movie, including balancing so many characters and the diverse cast, so be sure to read the whole thing here.

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