The firing of James Gunn shocked everyone including the cast of his well known Guardians of the Galaxy. The firing sent shockwaves with many coming to the defense of the fired director. On Monday, the cast spoke out in support of director James Gunn.
Disney Studios cut ties with Gunn shortly after the director took responsibility for old, offensive tweets that joked about topics including rape and pedophilia. Alan Horn stated,
“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,”
Gunn has apologized profusely for the old tweets in the past, and to the USA TODAY and stated,
“Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then,”
In a series of tweets, members of the cast spoke out,
“Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters. Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.”
JAMES 1:19
🙏♥️— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) July 22, 2018
It’s been a challenging weekend I’m not gonna lie. I’m pausing myself to take everything in before I speak out of term. I just want everyone to know I love ALL members of my GOTG family. Always will.
— Zoe Saldana (@zoesaldana) July 22, 2018
I will have more to say but for right now all I will say is this..@JamesGunn is one of the most loving,caring,good natured people I have ever met. He’s gentle and kind and cares deeply for people and animals. He’s made mistakes. We all have. Im NOT ok with what’s happening to him
— Shadow Person Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 21, 2018
Michael Rooker also commented on the news and stated,
“This account will be inactive after today,” wrote Rooker in a two-part message to his fans. “We’re very tired & upset over the ongoing BULLSH** … neither I nor my rep will use Twitter again. Twitter sucks and I want nothing to do with it. Thank you to all who gave kind words & support. See you on Instagram.”
Disney has yet to comment on the cast voicing their support for Gunn.
