1. James Gunn revealed that he and Kevin Feige wanted to make David Bowie a guest star in the film before his death.
Note: 1) Kevin Fitch is the president of Marvel Studios.
2) David Bowie is named "The Greatest Rock Artist in History" by "Rolling Stone". Passed away on January 11, 2016. Quite a great rock singer.
2. According to Xingjue himself, it was the movie script that taught him to face his father's death calmly.
3. The filming of the sequel was announced one week before the release of Guardians of the Galaxy 1, and the location was announced at the San Diego International Comic Con.
Note: This place is in California, USA.
4. In the interview, James Gunn stated that most of the problems were not solved in the first film and will be answered in this film.
5. There are rumors that the Horse Face Thor will appear in this movie. But there are also rumors that he will appear in the movie "Thor 3: Ragnarok" and then in the movie "Avengers 3: Infinity War" to help the Avengers.
6. Nathan Fillion will play Simon Williams in the film. In the comics, Simon Williams is a superb man. His sideline was a Hollywood action actor, a successful stuntman.
7. Unlike the last movie, Van Diesel not only voiced the little Groot, but also provided motion capture.
8. Although there are many rumors, Karen Gillan played the role of Niebra without shaving her hair.
9. Gary Oldman (British actor), Vigo Mortensen, Christopher Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sidor, even M Neeson was Ego (living planet) Candidate.
10. In the comics, Mantis has half German ancestry and general Vietnamese ancestry. In the movie, this role is played by Pang Clementev. She has a Korean mother and a French-Russian father.
11. James Gunn James Gunn made it clear that this film ("Guardians of the Galaxy 2") will not provide a plot boost for "Avengers 3: Infinite Warfare" (it means there is little connection).
12. The film was originally expected to be released in July 2017, and the date was later moved forward to May 5th, 2017.
13. James Gunn originally wanted to have Adam the Guardians of the Galaxy star in this movie, but finally decided to wait and let Adam the Guardians of the Galaxy appear in "Guardians of the Galaxy 3". The reason for this is simple. The director said: There are too many characters in this play!
14. The scene set in this film takes place in the third chapter of the third stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
15. In an interview with the film, Karen Gillan talked about her interpretation of the character Niebra (Karen Gillan): "Niebra is a very angry woman. Of course, most of this was caused by his father. In this movie, we will see how much pain his father caused to her. We will also explore the relationship between her and her sister Kamora. I think ha, this Secondly, we might even have a little sympathy for her."
16. The pre-launch poster of this film is an imitation of an album cover of the Ramones band. The album is called "Rocket to Russia" (Rocket to Russia).
Note: If you want to see this poster, please click this and take a look at the poster . (This poster was found after searching for a long time. It was too big to put it here, so I didn't put it here.)
Rocket to Russia is translated into "Sit on the Rocket to the Soviet Union" by myself. Please correct me if there is something wrong.
17. Dave Batista plays Deckers in the film. In this film, the makeup on his face is finished in only 90 minutes. (
18. Is 90 minutes short? Do you want to know that when he starred in the first "Guardians of the Galaxy", the makeup took 4 hours! What's interesting is that in order to remove the makeup after each filming, he has to sit in the sauna to remove the makeup.
19. Visual effects experts say that Ego’s planetary effects are composed of one trillion polygonal modules, which is said to be the largest visual effects production in history.
20. The subtitle of this movie is: Tribute to Xingjue's awesome mixing tape. (That tape is the one that Xingjue often listens to in Guardians of the Galaxy 1.)
21. Xingjue said: "In order to star in the shirtless scenes in the movie, I have to follow a strict fitness plan, but I found that compared to the previous movie, it is easier to do!" The reason is that in the filming. Before a movie (Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014), Xingjue was 60 pounds overweight. In order to appear in the first film, Xingjue worked hard and finally got a good figure.
22. On April 23, 2016, Xingjue announced that it would help raise funds for the film (the Lake Stevens’ Boy’s and Girl’s Club), which is based on his birth. Started. Through the donation, you will have the opportunity to visit Xingjue and have lunch with him at the filming venue!
23. Prop designer Russell Bob had a problem finding the cassette deck that appeared in the first movie, and all the Sony Walkman headphones they found were broken. Then Bob contacted Sony. He wanted to know if they had any Sony headphones for shooting, but Sony said no. In the end, he had to start from scratch and only made 6 sets of headphones.
24. Matthew McConaughey was the candidate for consideration for Ego.
25. According to James Gunn, due to time conflicts, John C. Reilly can no longer play the Nova Legion Centurion in this movie.
26. This movie is the first 8K digital camera with a red mirror weapon. The effect of this camera is similar to that of a Visa widescreen (35mm format, developed in the 1850s), both with high resolution.
27. "Guardians of the Galaxy 1" hinted that the superhero Nova (nova) will appear in the next movie, but the director said that he has no plans to bring Nova to the big screen.
28. Nathan Fillion played Simon Williams in this movie. He also appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy 1 but only contributed a voice (dubbing) in it.
29. On June 29, 2015, the movie title was set as: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ("Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2").
30. Because Groot only says one sentence "I am Groot" when communicating with others, and uses different tonal changes to interpret the meaning. Director James Gunn designed an English "Groote version" for Van Diesel's lines.
31. Kurt Russell has appeared in many Disney movies in the past 51 years. But this movie is the first Disney movie he starred in in the past 12 years. Except in 2005 he starred in "Superman High School".
32. The film actors Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone once co-starred in the movie "Angry Tiger and Crazy Dragon" (1989).
33. In an interview, director James Gunn publicly stated that he wanted to make a spin-off film for the role of Nibra.
34. The prop designer Russell Bobbert made a small Groot model (10 inches high, 25 cm high) that is one-to-one with the size of the movie character. This model is not only for the lighting needs of the shooting, Sometimes, it can be used as a model to play against actors.
35. This is the fifth collaboration between director James Gunn and actor Michael Luke. The other four movies are: "Guardians of the Galaxy 1" (2014), "The Ripper" (2006), "Superhero" (2010), "Belco Experiment" (2016), the screenwriters of these four movies are James Gunn. Of course, the Guardians of the Galaxy is just one of the screenwriters
36. Michael Luke: The man who played the brother of Crossbow in "The Walking Dead".
37. It took 2.5 to 3.5 hours for the makeup artists to apply makeup on Chris Sullivan’s face.
38. James Gunn specially invited fractal artist Hal Tanney to help design Ego's planetary shape.
39. Karen Gillan once said publicly in an interview: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 will be better than the first.
40. Van Diesel and Kurt Russell starred in Fast and Furious 7 (2015) and Fast and Furious 8 (2017) together.
41. Silvester Stallone is the second "The Expendables" actor to appear in Marvel movies, the first is Mickey Locke.
42. Kurt Russell and Michael Luke once starred in "Tombstone Town" (1993) together.
43. Michael Luke and Silvester Stallone have co-starred in "The Great Wind" (1993).
44. Dave Batista once played a villain in the 2015 movie "007: Ghost Party". Acting as Drax in this movie, and the name "Dracks" is exactly the name of a villain in the 1979 007 movie "007 Space City".
45. When James Gunn was writing the script for the movie, he thought of an idea: Ego (Ego is a living planet.) can be the father of the star! But Marvel said they don't have the right to make this kind of setting, because Ego is involved in 20th Century Fox's film copyright issues, and Ego is involved in the movies "Fantastic Four" and "Silver Shadow." Because Guen didn't have any other good characters suitable for Xingjue's father, he had to seek the advice of Fox and ask if he could use the role of Ego. Fortunately, Fox agreed. Of course, in return, Marvel agreed that Fox has more freedom for the role of the young power (appearing in the 2016 "Deadpool", that is the cool girl with a flat head). .
46. Stan Lee made a cameo in the film, talking about his previous fantasy adventures, and also involved Stan Lee's cameo in other Marvel movies. According to Kevin Feige, these Stanley guest appearances are an endorsement of a popular theory, which is that Stanley is a cosmic entity in the Marvel Universe.
Note: cosmic entity
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I will translate when I have time, there are many more, haha. From IMDB
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