Michael Rosenbaum claims his character in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy films was initially purported to have way more display screen time.
Throughout a panel at Nashville Comicon on Saturday, the Smallville star opened up about enjoying Martinex, a small supporting function, in James Gunn’s sci-fi trilogy.
“The function was purported to be quite a bit greater. They reduce quite a bit out,” Rosenbaum mentioned. “You had been purported to see … it was written within the script to see Martinex’s powers, which had been actually cool. However they’d a lot to speak about within the script that they ended up chopping it out on the finish. And there was another stuff.”
Nonetheless, the Impastor actor feels no animosity towards the director and is simply grateful for the expertise with the Guardians franchise and his longtime buddy Gunn.
“It was enjoyable,” he recalled. “For me, it’s like, I’m working with my mates, I receives a commission, I’m in a giant Marvel film, life might suck worse, what I imply? I’m very grateful.” Rosenbaum and Gunn have been shut since engaged on the 2008 collection PG Porn collectively.
Rosenbaum’s character debuted in 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 alongside Sylvester Stallone’s Stakar Ogord. In addition they briefly reappeared in 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
However earlier than the actor landed the function of Martinex, he instructed The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 that he auditioned for Peter Quill/Star-Lord within the first Guardians.
When requested to recall what it was like display screen testing for Gunn, Rosenbaum responded, “I used to be nervous as shit. (Laughs.) You’re sitting there with certainly one of your finest mates who’s directing an enormous film, who is aware of your potential and mentioned, ‘I wanna see your tackle Peter Quill.’ Now the stress’s on. I simply needed to shut it off … I bear in mind developing with my very own dance for the Star Lord dance scene. I had a terrific associate, it felt actually natural proper from the beginning.”
The function in the end went to Chris Pratt, however Rosenbaum wasn’t disillusioned in any respect. “You understand, I didn’t actually care about getting the half,” he added. “I didn’t know something concerning the Guardians comics. I simply needed to do a very good job for James.”