The “Guardians of the Galaxy” cast continues to voice its support for James Gunn, who was recently fired by Disney after 10-year-old tweets surfaced in which he made jokes about rape and pedophilia.
“It’s sad. But it’s a part of our fabric now, and I get it,” Kurt Russell said to Variety at Netflix’s “Wild, Wild Country” Emmy celebration on Saturday night. “But I do think we’re getting a little too sensitive on maybe some of the wrong people.”
Last month, Disney severed its business relationship with Gunn after tweets that read, “I like when little boys touch me in my silly place” and “The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped and it’s like ‘whew this feels great, not being raped!’” were unearthed.
Gunn expressed remorse for the “offensive” jokes, saying that he understood Disney’s decision to terminate him. But “Guardians” cast members Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana have since signed an open letter asking the studio to reinstate the director, although sources tell Variety that scenario is highly unlikely.
“You have to realize that when you are in that world as a comedian, a writer, whatever you’re always stretching the boundaries and trying to find something which lead him to something that the world loves, which is ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,'” Russell said. “He has a wonderful heart and a wonderful mind. I hope he is forgiven.”
StarfleetCapAsuka on August 5th, 2018 at 15:00 UTC »
NOT defending the joke, but this article and many others edit out Gunn saying "RT" then his friend's name before the "I like it when..." tweet. The joke, poor though it is, is he making a fake retweet (RT) from someone who didn't say it, like "Hey your mom just called, she wants to know what underwear I am wearing tonight." Articles have edited the tweet to just the last bit so it seems like just a weird and out of context sentence. Not defending that tweet, not saying it's funny, but it's also not what people are reporting it to be.
probablyuntrue on August 5th, 2018 at 14:57 UTC »
The mouse ain't gonna back down.
miami-dade on August 5th, 2018 at 14:43 UTC »
Probably a better place to ask, but might as well put this here: why are all the recent threads bout' this getting nuked?