We are nothing away from the five episodes ofI Am Grootare released on Disney +, since next Wednesday, August 10, Marvel will give fans a new look at what the eponymous tree alien was up to during his younger years.
And even though the director of Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunninsists that the five short films, with a total of approximately 25 minutes of running time in total, do not have the same continuity as the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the head of Animation of Marvel Studios, Brad Winderbaumsuggests that this is simply not the case.
Well, in fact, the long-time Marvel producer says that the shorts take place immediately after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: “It’s a narrow window, right? It takes place between the end of Guardians 2 and before the tag scene in Guardians 2. So it’s in this narrow window that Groot is in that kind of post-game stage of development. childhood”.
“And it was something that James was really excited about, and James was also aware of Kirsten’s work. [Lepore] and was excited to work with her as well”what Leporethe director behind the project, adds that she consulted with Gunn throughout the production process.
“Yeah, I had great meetings with James at various points in the process. And the biggest one was our kick-off meeting, where we basically discussed this amazing character that he created just to make sure we could make baby Groot the way we wanted it to be. I’m supposed to.”
“And I remember him saying to me, oh yeah, he’s a bad baby. And he’s also like an emoji boy, which made me laugh out loud. And I kept repeating that in meetings. I was like, we have to make sure we’re just nailing these poses and facial expressions because you know, all he has is two eyes and a mouth. He doesn’t even have a nose, it’s a very limited face. So it’s like an emoji, he nails an emotion and expression.”concluded the director.