Rocket Raccoon Is The Heart Of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Director Gunn Says

Rocket Raccoon Is The Heart Of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Director Gunn Says https://ift.tt/7vR3G5g

James Gunn's mind might be onto bigger and more urgent things these days, but Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, his third outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, won't be in theaters until May--meaning that the boss of DC Studios is currently doing PR for the MCU. Gunn spoke about the the focus shifting to Rocket Raccoon for this third movie in a new interview with Total Film.

"The most important thing for me was Rocket's story--and then, following that, everybody else," Gunn said. "Rocket is the secret protagonist of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and has always been the center of it for me, and this is really fulfilling that. The reason I came back, and decided to do this movie, was because I really felt like Rocket's story needed to be told--and it was left hanging after Vol 2. So that's the most important thing."

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will work both as a stand-alone film and as the end of the trilogy, Gunn continued. "The first movie is about the mother, the second is about the father, and the third movie is about the self," he said. "And that's what this journey is."

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