Jennifer Avary
And that’s the whole story.
Despite suggestions the “Hateful Eight” star is in talks to play Star-Lord’s father in James Gunn’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” sequel, the actor says it’s far from the stage where he’s about to sign on.
“I literally got a phone call two days ago about this,” Russell tells Wolfpop. “I’ve never seen Guardians of the Galaxy so I don’t know anything about it.”
“Many times I’ve heard ‘That’s a really fun movie, a really good movie [with] great characters.’ I don’t know it! So, I didn’t realize that [James Gunn] had written and directed it, but we talked to each other on the phone. And I just had to be honest and say, ‘Thank you for considering me, I have to read [the script], and I have to watch the [first] movie because I can’t bring anything for you [right now]. I’ve got nothing to offer here. So, I’m amazed to get asked about this because everybody knows more about it than I do… it’s a little weird.”
In a later interview“>Russell gave a more optimistic response to the question, suggesting talks may have advanced to at least a sit down with Marvel.
“We’re talking about it… there’s just nothing to talk about at the moment.”
