Guardians Of The Galaxy Cast Pen Intimate Letter Of Support For Fired Director James Gunn

The Guardians of the Galaxy cast keeps it up and continues to stand by James Gunn immediately after Disney fired the director over a series of problematic tweets he posted in 2008-2011 resurfaced.


In an open letter from Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Michael Rooker, and Sean Gunn, the franchise stars start boldly: "We totally support James Gunn," adding that since his "abrupt firing," they've been "encouraged by the outpouring of support" from fans who desire to be able to see him reinstated and "discouraged by those so with little effort duped into believing the several peculiar conspiracy theories surrounding him."


They go on to paint Gunn as a "good person" who was subjected to the "court of pubic advice and appeal to the Guardians theme of redemption, which, they write, has "never been more relevant than now."


Although the statement doesn't outright call for Gunn's un-firing, Pratt noted in his Instagram caption that he'd "personally love to be able to see him reinstated as director of Volume 3," while Saldana took a stronger stance, asserting that the statement does indicate the entire cast's desire to get Gunn back on board.


This joint statement isn't the initial cast members have mentioned about the matter. In the days right following the director was fired, several of the stars independently came out with statements of support for their franchise's leader. Gunn, for his part, issued a apology on Twitter immediately following the tweets were unearthed to supplement the apologies he has issued for his divisive humor in the past.


Disney hasn't released any updates on the status of the third film since severing ties with the director, but Gunn had previously revealed that he had submitted a draft of the Volume 3 script, with production anticipated to start in 2019.


Read the entire statement in support of Gunn from the Guardians cast below.