1 00:00:04,172 --> 00:00:06,215 SALDANA: I've felt like an underdog my whole life. 2 00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:08,885 But I was never tortured by it. 3 00:00:10,887 --> 00:00:13,973 I wasn't defined by gender. I wasn't defined by color. 4 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,684 I could be anything I wanted to be. 5 00:00:18,144 --> 00:00:20,813 I wasn't really interested in being a princess. 6 00:00:22,023 --> 00:00:24,484 I didn't want to wear the princess costume for Halloween. 7 00:00:24,484 --> 00:00:26,194 I was always the ninja. 8 00:00:26,194 --> 00:00:29,363 I was either a white ninja or a black ninja or a red ninja. 9 00:00:30,114 --> 00:00:34,202 It was like every Halloween, in a succession of eight Halloweens, 10 00:00:35,036 --> 00:00:36,204 I was just a ninja. 11 00:00:37,413 --> 00:00:40,792 {\an8}I loved action movies and science fiction. 12 00:00:41,667 --> 00:00:46,714 I loved icons like Whoopi Goldberg and Sigourney Weaver, 13 00:00:47,507 --> 00:00:48,883 who at the time, 14 00:00:49,509 --> 00:00:51,511 were the only females that I knew of 15 00:00:51,511 --> 00:00:55,348 that were driving the action-driven storylines. 16 00:00:55,348 --> 00:00:56,849 Come on! 17 00:00:57,433 --> 00:00:59,602 And I felt like I could see myself in them. 18 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,986 WOMAN: (SINGING) I'm unstoppable 19 00:01:08,986 --> 00:01:12,115 I'm a Porsche with no brakes 20 00:01:12,115 --> 00:01:14,158 I'm invincible 21 00:01:14,617 --> 00:01:17,620 Yeah, I win every single game 22 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:19,705 I'm so powerful 23 00:01:20,164 --> 00:01:22,959 I don't need batteries to play 24 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,336 I'm so confident 25 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:28,714 Yeah, I'm unstoppable today 26 00:01:28,714 --> 00:01:33,678 Unstoppable today Unstoppable today 27 00:01:34,595 --> 00:01:36,764 Unstoppable today 28 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:39,433 I'm unstoppable today 29 00:01:52,989 --> 00:01:57,285 Gamora is the most dangerous assassin in the universe. 30 00:01:59,871 --> 00:02:01,581 And she's a killing machine. 31 00:02:04,083 --> 00:02:05,418 (SCREAMS) 32 00:02:07,295 --> 00:02:09,797 {\an8}With a heart of gold and a true sense of justice. 33 00:02:13,676 --> 00:02:18,222 {\an8}Gamora is incredibly gifted in the art of violence. 34 00:02:19,265 --> 00:02:21,058 (GRUNTING) 35 00:02:24,687 --> 00:02:26,439 She can make you fall in love with her 36 00:02:26,439 --> 00:02:28,441 and slice your throat in the same movement, 37 00:02:28,441 --> 00:02:29,734 which is pretty awesome. 38 00:02:31,986 --> 00:02:32,987 No! 39 00:02:32,987 --> 00:02:34,322 What the hell? 40 00:02:34,322 --> 00:02:35,823 I know who you are, Peter Quill! 41 00:02:36,490 --> 00:02:38,743 PRATT: But as we peel the onion back further 42 00:02:38,743 --> 00:02:42,163 through the course of Guardians 1 and into Guardians 2 43 00:02:42,872 --> 00:02:47,126 and into the Avengers films, you realize that underneath it all, she's, 44 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:50,796 in her own way, on a quest to find out who she is. 45 00:02:53,883 --> 00:02:57,303 When Thanos took my homeworld, he killed my parents in front of me. 46 00:02:58,596 --> 00:03:00,932 The one thing that the Guardians each have in common is 47 00:03:00,932 --> 00:03:03,392 that they have experienced loss. 48 00:03:03,935 --> 00:03:06,229 Ronan murdered my wife, Ovette, 49 00:03:07,355 --> 00:03:08,898 and my daughter, Camaria. 50 00:03:09,315 --> 00:03:10,775 SALDANA: Drax has lost his family. 51 00:03:11,734 --> 00:03:12,944 So did Nebula. 52 00:03:13,611 --> 00:03:15,279 Quill has lost his mother. 53 00:03:15,696 --> 00:03:17,281 Groot lost his planet. 54 00:03:18,366 --> 00:03:21,786 Rocket has been experimented on like a lab rat. 55 00:03:21,786 --> 00:03:24,247 And Gamora lost her family. 56 00:03:24,664 --> 00:03:25,873 (SCREAMING) 57 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:31,170 Mother! 58 00:03:31,170 --> 00:03:34,632 The real moral spine of the team has always been Gamora. 59 00:03:34,632 --> 00:03:39,679 {\an8}Because she's the one who has the backstory of having been raised 60 00:03:39,679 --> 00:03:43,224 in such a incredibly traumatic and hurtful way. 61 00:03:52,608 --> 00:03:56,445 Gamora. Surgically modified and trained as a living weapon. 62 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,156 The adopted daughter of the Mad Titan, Thanos. 63 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:01,951 PRATT: Gamora was raised by Thanos 64 00:04:03,369 --> 00:04:07,206 and has a tragic backstory of pain and misery. 65 00:04:10,293 --> 00:04:11,627 What's wrong, little one? 66 00:04:11,627 --> 00:04:13,087 Where's my mother? 67 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:17,633 As a child, Thanos kills her parents in front of her, 68 00:04:17,633 --> 00:04:19,885 which is an incredibly traumatic thing. 69 00:04:20,344 --> 00:04:22,930 - (PEOPLE SCREAMING) - Uh-uh. 70 00:04:23,472 --> 00:04:25,516 {\an8}Thanos kind of adopted her 71 00:04:25,641 --> 00:04:27,935 {\an8}in a kidnapping way. 72 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:29,478 She's a lone wolf, 73 00:04:29,478 --> 00:04:32,523 so she had to be strong at a very young age. 74 00:04:33,149 --> 00:04:37,403 So, she grows up not really having trust in people. 75 00:04:39,739 --> 00:04:42,033 I wanted Gamora to carry a kind of pain, 76 00:04:42,033 --> 00:04:46,996 a kind of melancholy that comes with the loss of a loved one. 77 00:04:46,996 --> 00:04:48,581 (SCREAMS) 78 00:04:48,873 --> 00:04:50,249 That was relatable to me. 79 00:04:50,249 --> 00:04:51,500 Mother! 80 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:55,379 That was why I wanted to say yes to playing Gamora. 81 00:04:58,716 --> 00:05:01,552 My sisters and I went through a lot of hardships growing up. 82 00:05:02,511 --> 00:05:05,931 We were victims of loss because my father had passed away 83 00:05:05,931 --> 00:05:07,433 when we were very, very young, 84 00:05:09,226 --> 00:05:11,562 and we needed outlets to deal with our grief. 85 00:05:12,063 --> 00:05:14,523 So, my older sister began painting. 86 00:05:14,899 --> 00:05:17,943 My younger sister became a great debater. 87 00:05:19,737 --> 00:05:20,988 And I started dancing. 88 00:05:27,787 --> 00:05:30,581 Dance gave me the ability to communicate emotion 89 00:05:31,791 --> 00:05:36,170 when words were not around, when words were not available. 90 00:05:39,298 --> 00:05:42,093 Dance, you're able to interpret loss. 91 00:05:46,514 --> 00:05:49,725 It gave me the ability to imagine the unimaginable. 92 00:05:50,309 --> 00:05:54,730 It was a blank canvas in a vast dark space, 93 00:05:55,773 --> 00:05:57,900 where I can be anything. 94 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:00,778 As I grew up, 95 00:06:00,778 --> 00:06:04,073 dancing gave me an outlet to deal with the fact that 96 00:06:04,073 --> 00:06:06,492 I was being massively bullied at school. 97 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:09,537 It became like my weapon. 98 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:14,458 And I feel that my background as a dancer shaped who I am, 99 00:06:14,458 --> 00:06:19,171 not only as a person, but also, it gave me the ability to pursue 100 00:06:19,171 --> 00:06:22,675 a very, you know, great career, in action movies. 101 00:06:23,175 --> 00:06:27,179 I wouldn't be as experienced in action movies, 102 00:06:27,179 --> 00:06:32,059 or even in science fiction movies, had I not had a foundation in dance. 103 00:06:33,394 --> 00:06:37,815 Dance gave me the ability to approach characters 104 00:06:37,815 --> 00:06:42,486 also from a physical point, not just an internal one. 105 00:06:44,697 --> 00:06:46,157 (GROANS) 106 00:06:59,795 --> 00:07:01,630 GUNN: Zoe was my number-one choice for Gamora 107 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:04,550 because she was a fantastic action hero 108 00:07:04,550 --> 00:07:06,302 and that's what we needed, 109 00:07:06,302 --> 00:07:11,932 {\an8}was somebody who had her depth and had the magic in the eyes. 110 00:07:11,932 --> 00:07:13,809 {\an8}Which is what I look for in actors. 111 00:07:13,809 --> 00:07:17,313 {\an8}Somebody who you can look at their eyes and they always feel present. 112 00:07:21,358 --> 00:07:22,902 SALDANA: There's always a lot of me 113 00:07:22,902 --> 00:07:26,238 that I unconsciously bleed into the characters that I play. 114 00:07:29,325 --> 00:07:31,702 When I was putting Gamora together, 115 00:07:32,495 --> 00:07:34,705 I knew she was gonna be doing a lot of action scenes 116 00:07:34,705 --> 00:07:37,708 and I just didn't want her to look like the typical martial artist. 117 00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:44,381 And I thought, "What can I add to her?" 118 00:07:46,217 --> 00:07:49,136 The sword is her weapon of choice. It's a very classic 119 00:07:49,136 --> 00:07:51,222 and old form of fighting. 120 00:07:51,931 --> 00:07:53,516 So, I remember thinking, 121 00:07:53,516 --> 00:07:57,311 I want her to move in a way that she's inviting her enemy 122 00:07:57,311 --> 00:08:01,607 to come towards her like the way a bullfighter invites the bull to come. 123 00:08:03,609 --> 00:08:06,820 The way that bullfighters move is quite graceful. 124 00:08:07,738 --> 00:08:10,157 It's a dance that he does, you know, with the bull. 125 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:11,784 It's a duel. 126 00:08:13,077 --> 00:08:17,331 And I thought, "Oh, my God, this is Gamora. This is who she is." 127 00:08:30,427 --> 00:08:31,554 Nebula. 128 00:08:46,485 --> 00:08:51,657 I don't think that I would be here today if it wasn't for my sisters. 129 00:08:53,659 --> 00:08:56,579 We grew up with the kind of solidarity 130 00:08:56,579 --> 00:09:00,958 that one needs to have in order to survive adversity. 131 00:09:01,917 --> 00:09:03,210 We were always together 132 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:07,089 and we didn't like each other at times, (CHUCKLES) 133 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:08,924 but we loved each other. 134 00:09:10,634 --> 00:09:14,263 As Gamora, I'm confronted with a sister, Nebula, 135 00:09:14,263 --> 00:09:17,516 who is completely the opposite of who I am. 136 00:09:18,767 --> 00:09:20,603 I'll be free of these shackles soon enough, 137 00:09:20,603 --> 00:09:23,272 and I will kill you, I swear. 138 00:09:24,898 --> 00:09:26,817 {\an8}Nebula's extremely complicated. 139 00:09:26,817 --> 00:09:28,944 {\an8}There's a lot going on there, emotionally. 140 00:09:29,737 --> 00:09:32,114 And I'd say that's not totally typical for a superhero. 141 00:09:32,615 --> 00:09:35,659 I'm a daughter of Thanos. Just like you. 142 00:09:36,452 --> 00:09:41,081 Gamora and Nebula are both dealing with, you know, being brought up 143 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:47,588 {\an8}by an incredibly abusive supervillain, Thanos, 144 00:09:51,175 --> 00:09:53,761 who basically took these children 145 00:09:53,761 --> 00:09:58,390 and tried to turn them into warriors as extensions of his own ego 146 00:09:58,390 --> 00:10:01,310 and was incredibly cruel throughout the process. 147 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:07,316 {\an8}As a woman writing a character like Gamora, 148 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:11,695 I was channeling a lot of the sibling rivalry 149 00:10:11,695 --> 00:10:13,864 that I have with my own sibling. 150 00:10:13,864 --> 00:10:15,157 (GRUNTS) 151 00:10:15,157 --> 00:10:18,327 And so one of the things that I really wanted to explore was 152 00:10:18,327 --> 00:10:22,289 the idea that Nebula and Gamora were purposely pitted against each other 153 00:10:22,289 --> 00:10:24,458 by this father figure. 154 00:10:25,709 --> 00:10:27,169 Well done, daughter. 155 00:10:27,169 --> 00:10:30,881 Because he knows how powerful they are and that if they were ever to team up, 156 00:10:30,881 --> 00:10:32,383 they could bring him down. 157 00:10:32,383 --> 00:10:35,386 You alienated my favorite daughter, Gamora. 158 00:10:37,471 --> 00:10:39,348 He pitted the siblings against each other. 159 00:10:46,605 --> 00:10:50,317 Gamora always won because she was better at fighting, she was the golden child. 160 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:54,363 Nebula, I think, was just so resentful towards that 161 00:10:54,363 --> 00:10:55,864 that she took it personally. 162 00:10:55,864 --> 00:10:57,324 Like a personal attack, almost. 163 00:10:59,201 --> 00:11:00,703 (SCREAMS) 164 00:11:00,703 --> 00:11:04,832 I have never had any type of experience where I've had to share the attention 165 00:11:04,832 --> 00:11:06,542 with a sibling or felt overlooked. 166 00:11:06,542 --> 00:11:10,713 And so, I kind of had to really do my research 167 00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:14,299 and look at sibling relationships 'cause they're so complex. 168 00:11:14,425 --> 00:11:16,343 (BOTH GRUNTING) 169 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:19,596 It was a dream come true to get to see a fight between two sisters 170 00:11:19,596 --> 00:11:22,474 because in reality, when I was like seven or eight years old, 171 00:11:22,474 --> 00:11:25,686 fighting with my sisters, in my mind, that's exactly what it looked like. 172 00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:27,730 (BOTH GRUNTING) 173 00:11:32,109 --> 00:11:34,820 Or that's what I wanted to be doing to them, you know? 174 00:11:37,072 --> 00:11:40,701 But these sisters love each other a lot. 175 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:43,662 That's why the hate is so strong. 176 00:11:43,662 --> 00:11:48,792 The rage, the anger, is just so evergreen, especially in Nebula. 177 00:11:49,501 --> 00:11:53,088 As a child, my father would have Gamora and me battle one another in training. 178 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,091 Every time my sister prevailed... 179 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,261 my father would replace a piece of me with machinery... 180 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,681 claiming he wanted me to be her equal. 181 00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:03,974 From Nebula's perspective, 182 00:12:03,974 --> 00:12:06,602 I would say that she's extremely angry at Gamora 183 00:12:06,602 --> 00:12:09,813 and Gamora has purposefully won all of these battles 184 00:12:09,813 --> 00:12:11,982 every single time just to make her look worse 185 00:12:11,982 --> 00:12:13,317 in front of her father. 186 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:18,864 There was a scene between Nebula and Gamora where they have a big argument 187 00:12:18,864 --> 00:12:20,741 and they're sort of shouting at each other. 188 00:12:21,533 --> 00:12:23,827 And then, it becomes emotional all of a sudden. 189 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:26,789 It takes a quick turn and you get a little insight 190 00:12:26,789 --> 00:12:29,374 into how Nebula feels towards Gamora. 191 00:12:29,374 --> 00:12:31,460 I don't need you always trying to beat me! 192 00:12:31,460 --> 00:12:34,421 I'm not the one that flew across the universe 'cause I wanted to win! 193 00:12:34,421 --> 00:12:36,131 Do not tell me what I want. 194 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,675 I don't need to tell you what you want! It's obvious! 195 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:41,595 You were the one who wanted to win. And I just wanted a sister! 196 00:12:42,221 --> 00:12:43,764 GILLAN: And she's suddenly really vulnerable 197 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:45,432 and I think Gamora looks at her like, 198 00:12:46,058 --> 00:12:48,477 "Oh, I didn't understand that about you before, 199 00:12:48,477 --> 00:12:50,270 "but I'm seeing a different side of you." 200 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,648 "You're not just angry, you're really hurt and fragile." 201 00:12:52,648 --> 00:12:55,150 And that was a breakthrough for them as sisters. 202 00:12:55,526 --> 00:12:56,610 You were all I had. 203 00:12:58,487 --> 00:13:00,447 But you were the one who needed to win. 204 00:13:02,449 --> 00:13:04,201 Thanos pulled my eye from my head... 205 00:13:05,369 --> 00:13:06,870 and my brain from my skull... 206 00:13:08,497 --> 00:13:10,082 and my arm from my body... 207 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:13,252 because of you. 208 00:13:14,253 --> 00:13:16,964 GUNN: That moment when Nebula looks at Gamora 209 00:13:16,964 --> 00:13:20,801 and tells her that she didn't want to win, she just wanted a sister. 210 00:13:21,552 --> 00:13:23,428 I think that hits home with Gamora. 211 00:13:25,347 --> 00:13:30,727 And at the end of Guardians 2, when Gamora hugs Nebula, 212 00:13:33,355 --> 00:13:34,439 and... 213 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:40,028 Nebula is just sitting there being hugged, not knowing what... 214 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:41,613 (CHUCKLES) 215 00:13:44,074 --> 00:13:45,075 So weird. 216 00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:49,037 She's just sitting there being hugged and then Nebula just takes her hand 217 00:13:49,037 --> 00:13:51,331 like this and she just hugs her back. 218 00:13:51,331 --> 00:13:53,834 Just hugs her sister back for a moment, 219 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:57,588 and that moment to me is so important. 220 00:13:57,588 --> 00:13:59,464 It's just so important, like, to me. 221 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,886 That moment which is only in a wide frame that we see it 222 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:06,388 is as momentous as anything I've ever shot. 223 00:14:07,556 --> 00:14:12,269 Because that is a person starting to accept love. 224 00:14:12,728 --> 00:14:14,021 You will always be my sister. 225 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:18,233 Those are amazing scenes. 226 00:14:18,233 --> 00:14:21,069 Those are amazing moments to experience with someone like Karen. 227 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:26,491 To build that trust with an actress on set was amazing because 228 00:14:26,491 --> 00:14:29,870 up until then in my career, I have very few moments 229 00:14:29,870 --> 00:14:31,496 with female actresses 230 00:14:32,122 --> 00:14:35,334 because I tended to be the only female actress in a whole cast. 231 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,253 I didn't ask for your help. 232 00:14:39,004 --> 00:14:40,589 And yet, you always need it. 233 00:14:41,214 --> 00:14:43,508 So having someone like Karen play Nebula, 234 00:14:43,508 --> 00:14:45,886 I didn't care if we didn't get along on camera. 235 00:14:45,886 --> 00:14:49,306 I got to be with a sister off camera and that was wonderful. 236 00:14:50,015 --> 00:14:51,683 People think that we hate each other. 237 00:14:51,683 --> 00:14:53,477 - We don't. We're so close, look. - At all. 238 00:14:53,477 --> 00:14:54,686 We're super close. 239 00:14:54,686 --> 00:14:55,854 We look like twins. 240 00:14:56,188 --> 00:14:58,023 Whee! (LAUGHS) 241 00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:02,069 GILLAN: We've really bonded, I think, just over playing these sisters 242 00:15:02,069 --> 00:15:03,695 and spending so much time together. 243 00:15:05,030 --> 00:15:08,992 Zoe has been a mentor for me. She's done more of those big movies. 244 00:15:08,992 --> 00:15:10,410 I was completely new to it 245 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:13,121 and she took me in under her wing like her little sister. 246 00:15:13,872 --> 00:15:17,918 I wasn't like a really sporty kid at all. I was more like a theater nerd. 247 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:21,672 And so when I signed on, I was not good at fighting. 248 00:15:21,672 --> 00:15:25,634 It involves a lot of stunts to play Nebula, so many fight scenes. 249 00:15:26,385 --> 00:15:30,013 I had to train for two months to lead up to this fight sequence 250 00:15:30,013 --> 00:15:32,224 between Nebula and Gamora, which was really amazing. 251 00:15:32,224 --> 00:15:35,310 I felt like I was in action hero boot camp or something. 252 00:15:36,687 --> 00:15:41,733 And Zoe really helped me with my stunt performance. 253 00:15:43,652 --> 00:15:46,196 I'm really tall and so I, like, hunch, 254 00:15:46,196 --> 00:15:49,032 and she stopped me from doing that for a start. 255 00:15:49,992 --> 00:15:51,451 And then, she taught me how to run. 256 00:15:52,035 --> 00:15:55,497 So I would also do this weird run with my fists clenched, 257 00:15:55,497 --> 00:15:58,458 thinking that looked cool, and she's like, "Open them up." 258 00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:04,089 And she taught me how to throw a mean punch. 259 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:07,926 And then, I suddenly wasn't terrible at fighting anymore. 260 00:16:07,926 --> 00:16:09,636 I was, like, pretty good. 261 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:12,806 (GRUNTING) 262 00:16:14,141 --> 00:16:15,142 We become sisters. 263 00:16:15,142 --> 00:16:18,562 I feel like we've just had so many emotional experiences 264 00:16:18,562 --> 00:16:22,691 during these scenes that we can't help but feel bonded to each other. 265 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:24,317 We can stop him. 266 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:29,948 She definitely inspires me to fight for what I believe in more 267 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:31,825 as a person and as a performer. 268 00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:33,285 She knows what she wants. 269 00:16:33,285 --> 00:16:36,496 She has her own mind and she really speaks it. 270 00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:40,208 It's very empowering to watch and I definitely feel like I've learned 271 00:16:40,208 --> 00:16:42,335 how to conduct myself. 272 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:43,545 Go! 273 00:16:43,545 --> 00:16:45,005 (BOTH GRUNT) 274 00:16:55,265 --> 00:16:57,934 He's too powerful. I can't! 275 00:16:57,934 --> 00:16:59,936 I believe in you. 276 00:17:04,399 --> 00:17:05,609 Sleep! 277 00:17:10,697 --> 00:17:15,160 SALDANA: I do believe that Gamora and Nebula feel kindred 278 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,330 to Mantis very, very early on. 279 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:22,375 The difference between Mantis is I don't think that Mantis has experienced 280 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:26,463 the level of violence that Gamora and Nebula did. 281 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:29,716 MANTIS: Ego found me in my larva state. 282 00:17:30,175 --> 00:17:31,760 Orphaned on my home world. 283 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:36,056 He raised me by hand, and kept me as his own. 284 00:17:37,265 --> 00:17:40,018 {\an8}The Guardians of the Galaxy movies are very touching 285 00:17:40,018 --> 00:17:43,146 because it talks about the family that you choose. 286 00:17:43,146 --> 00:17:44,397 GAMORA: He's our friend. 287 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:48,276 All any of you do is yell at each other. You are not friends. 288 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:51,363 You're right. We're family. 289 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,574 We leave no one behind. 290 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:59,162 KLEMENTIEFF: I love how resilient the female characters are. 291 00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:01,832 I love Karen. 292 00:18:01,832 --> 00:18:04,376 She's so different from her character in real life. 293 00:18:04,376 --> 00:18:07,462 I would like Nebula to go to Chuck E. Cheese and take down Thanos. 294 00:18:07,879 --> 00:18:09,256 (YELLS) 295 00:18:09,548 --> 00:18:11,133 (BOTH YELL) 296 00:18:12,634 --> 00:18:16,555 And Zoe, she's incredible. (LAUGHS) 297 00:18:16,555 --> 00:18:19,349 I remember going to a Halloween party 298 00:18:19,349 --> 00:18:21,935 {\an8}after Guardians of the Galaxy, the first one, came out, 299 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:24,813 {\an8}and I wanted to dress up like Gamora. 300 00:18:24,813 --> 00:18:28,692 So, I bought some green makeup and a red wig. 301 00:18:29,234 --> 00:18:32,028 I don't know, it didn't look great, but I wanted to be Gamora. 302 00:18:32,028 --> 00:18:33,488 (LAUGHS) 303 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:38,160 And then I booked the role of Mantis, so it's kind of funny. 304 00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:44,374 Like Mantis, I've always felt different 305 00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:47,794 and it's very freeing to play this kind of character 306 00:18:47,794 --> 00:18:53,341 because I get to be strange, to be weird, and to go back to being a kid, basically. 307 00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:57,470 My dad was a diplomat so I traveled a lot when I was a child. 308 00:18:57,971 --> 00:19:03,185 So, that's why I think I got attracted to escapism and traveling 309 00:19:03,185 --> 00:19:05,312 and never staying in the same place. 310 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:06,813 That's what I love in movies. 311 00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:12,694 To be, like, taken away and be transported in this crazy, imaginary world. 312 00:19:13,153 --> 00:19:15,697 Can I pet your puppy? It is adorable. 313 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:17,741 Yes, please. 314 00:19:18,783 --> 00:19:21,703 - (SCREAMS) - (LAUGHS) 315 00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,664 That is called a practical joke. 316 00:19:24,664 --> 00:19:27,209 (BOTH LAUGH) 317 00:19:29,002 --> 00:19:30,545 I liked it very much. 318 00:19:30,545 --> 00:19:32,923 KLEMENTIEFF: What I love about the character of Mantis 319 00:19:32,923 --> 00:19:34,257 is she's an empath. 320 00:19:34,257 --> 00:19:37,636 She has a superpower that when she touches someone, 321 00:19:37,636 --> 00:19:40,513 she can change their feelings, their emotions. 322 00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:42,724 (GRUNTS) 323 00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:43,934 Who are you people? 324 00:19:43,934 --> 00:19:46,061 You are scared. 325 00:19:48,230 --> 00:19:49,314 (BREATHING NERVOUSLY) 326 00:19:50,482 --> 00:19:53,568 I'm very emotional, too, so that, I feel that. 327 00:19:53,568 --> 00:19:55,111 I feel the empathy for sure. 328 00:19:56,947 --> 00:19:58,281 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 329 00:19:58,281 --> 00:20:01,368 That's what you need to connect with other human beings 330 00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:03,912 and, you know, to be a better person 331 00:20:03,912 --> 00:20:07,999 and caring about others is something that is very important. 332 00:20:09,376 --> 00:20:11,628 Some people lack empathy for sure. 333 00:20:11,628 --> 00:20:14,714 Some people should be a little bit more like Mantis, I think. 334 00:20:16,675 --> 00:20:18,093 (GRUNTS) 335 00:20:18,093 --> 00:20:19,219 Sleep. 336 00:20:28,853 --> 00:20:29,854 B-mark. 337 00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,235 Quick and efficient. 338 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:36,695 Yeah. There you go. Cool. 339 00:20:38,196 --> 00:20:40,949 ALONSO: For some of us that have been doing this for 30 years, 340 00:20:42,617 --> 00:20:44,202 {\an8}I was always the only girl. 341 00:20:44,202 --> 00:20:45,287 {\an8}Always. 342 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:49,082 {\an8}And I was always the only head of department for the longest of time. 343 00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:54,045 And I know that if I look at some of the amazing men 344 00:20:54,754 --> 00:20:57,090 that have carried me through and taught me, 345 00:20:58,842 --> 00:21:02,887 a lot of them are struggling with the idea 346 00:21:02,887 --> 00:21:06,057 of having more women on set. 347 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:12,188 But I know that the importance of that is that we see things 348 00:21:13,023 --> 00:21:14,399 that other people don't. 349 00:21:21,364 --> 00:21:23,575 When you do an action movie, it's not just you. 350 00:21:23,575 --> 00:21:24,826 It's a team effort. 351 00:21:24,826 --> 00:21:26,244 MAN: And, action! 352 00:21:26,244 --> 00:21:27,829 (GRUNTS) 353 00:21:27,829 --> 00:21:30,957 SALDANA: It's your makeup artist. It's your stunt coordinator. 354 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:34,627 It's your costume designer. It's your choreographer. 355 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,255 It's your director. And then, it's you. 356 00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:40,467 So, there's a lot of trust that happens with one character. 357 00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:42,969 We are passing her around. 358 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:48,058 {\an8}I'm a makeup artist for Gamora on Guardians of the Galaxy. 359 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,604 I was department-heading a movie called Death at a Funeral 360 00:21:52,604 --> 00:21:56,191 and Zoe was the star in the movie and we hit it off. 361 00:21:56,191 --> 00:22:02,155 We both spoke Spanish and just connected and became really good friends. 362 00:22:04,741 --> 00:22:07,202 Gamora was not a person, 363 00:22:07,202 --> 00:22:10,622 a human, that you just paint green and let's go to shoot it. 364 00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:14,709 Green paint over a face with, you know, regular eyebrows, 365 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:16,169 it just never looks good. 366 00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:21,716 It was gonna look like Halloween makeup versus something bigger. 367 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:24,844 I said, "I think that we should do special effects." 368 00:22:25,804 --> 00:22:30,308 So, we did the whole mold of Zoe's face and chest. 369 00:22:31,101 --> 00:22:35,188 The special effects makeup department started working on prosthetic pieces. 370 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:38,483 We covered the eyebrows with prosthetic makeup. 371 00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:43,321 SALDANA: It was challenging because we were trying 372 00:22:43,321 --> 00:22:47,325 to find the right green that wouldn't put people off, 373 00:22:47,325 --> 00:22:50,662 but was also vibrant and kind of youthful. 374 00:22:50,662 --> 00:22:52,747 That way, she doesn't look like a reptile. 375 00:22:52,747 --> 00:22:56,876 She doesn't look so alien-looking that you can't really find 376 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,628 any kind of connection with her. 377 00:23:03,383 --> 00:23:05,468 It was a fun, but very arduous, you know, 378 00:23:05,468 --> 00:23:08,555 process that we remember every step of the way. 379 00:23:08,555 --> 00:23:09,931 (LAUGHS) 380 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:14,727 Tails mark. 381 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:17,021 TRAN: We're pushing more than ever 382 00:23:17,021 --> 00:23:20,900 in the last decade that I've been at Marvel to really find, 383 00:23:21,276 --> 00:23:23,528 {\an8}you know, female crew members behind the scene, 384 00:23:23,528 --> 00:23:26,406 {\an8}not just in front, but really behind the scenes. 385 00:23:27,657 --> 00:23:31,369 MICKLE: I come from the indie film world in New York as a production designer. 386 00:23:31,369 --> 00:23:34,873 There's a ceiling when it comes to being a woman trying to get these jobs. 387 00:23:34,873 --> 00:23:39,544 Very few women get a chance to work in this giant franchise arena. 388 00:23:39,544 --> 00:23:43,840 Especially in department head positions and especially in production design. 389 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,967 {\an8}And my agent called me and said, 390 00:23:45,967 --> 00:23:49,471 {\an8}"James Gunn would like to meet with you for Guardians of the Galaxy 3." 391 00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:52,390 And we had a great meeting. 392 00:23:52,390 --> 00:23:54,434 Then my agent called later and said, 393 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:56,478 James would like to have me come on board, 394 00:23:56,478 --> 00:23:58,438 and I literally fell off my chair. 395 00:23:58,438 --> 00:24:01,024 And my world changed. My career changed. 396 00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:03,193 Everything really changed with that phone call. 397 00:24:03,818 --> 00:24:07,238 And by James deciding to take a leap on somebody 398 00:24:07,238 --> 00:24:10,992 who didn't have that usual experience is really what kind of 399 00:24:10,992 --> 00:24:13,036 changed the landscape for my career, 400 00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:15,163 but I think, also, very much for art departments 401 00:24:15,163 --> 00:24:18,082 and for these other departments looking to be more inclusive. 402 00:24:24,172 --> 00:24:26,841 GREENBLATT: My first day on set was crazy. 403 00:24:26,841 --> 00:24:32,096 {\an8}I saw Zoe in full wardrobe and costume and I was just in awe 404 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:35,099 of how cool she looked, and her body language, 405 00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:37,143 and how she completely owned the set. 406 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:38,728 I was like, "Wow! She's incredible." 407 00:24:38,728 --> 00:24:41,272 It's like super intimidating for eight-year-old me, 408 00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:43,274 but she was so welcoming. 409 00:24:43,274 --> 00:24:45,860 And she was so warm and so sweet. 410 00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:49,280 She's just such a motivating person to be around. 411 00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:53,076 She's very strong, and she's very smart, 412 00:24:53,076 --> 00:24:54,452 and I'm like that, too. 413 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:59,832 I grew up in a house that always loved everything comic books, 414 00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:02,126 everything Marvel, everything superheroes. 415 00:25:02,126 --> 00:25:05,171 I think it's cool to see yourself in your favorite characters. 416 00:25:05,171 --> 00:25:10,301 I love Gamora and she's inspiring because she never gives up. 417 00:25:11,386 --> 00:25:15,265 I think that's an important message because if you are a young girl at home, 418 00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:19,060 it kind of gives you hope that you can see the light at the end of the tunnel 419 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:20,687 and that you can become stronger. 420 00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:37,579 As actors, we have the power to really inspire people. 421 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:40,248 We do. We have that power. 422 00:25:40,248 --> 00:25:47,171 Every day, I see a woman come up to me and say that my character inspires them. 423 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:48,798 My character keeps them going. 424 00:25:48,798 --> 00:25:50,550 They were my character for Halloween. 425 00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,594 They dressed their daughter as my character. 426 00:25:53,511 --> 00:25:55,471 I never take any of that for granted. 427 00:25:55,471 --> 00:25:58,683 That kind of visibility gives them purpose. 428 00:25:58,683 --> 00:25:59,767 (CHUCKLES) 429 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,979 It makes them feel seen and heard and celebrated. 430 00:26:06,316 --> 00:26:11,404 My name is Priscilla Frederick-Loomis, and my favorite superhero 431 00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:14,824 {\an8}in the MCU Universe is Gamora. 432 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:20,246 Gamora, to me, is just the ultimate badass. 433 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:23,958 I automatically connected with her fierceness 434 00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:28,713 and just her overall confidence and her struggles. 435 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:31,299 She doesn't ever back down to a challenge 436 00:26:32,091 --> 00:26:35,386 and I hope that that's something I can be. 437 00:26:36,804 --> 00:26:39,557 I became a professional athlete in 2014 438 00:26:40,016 --> 00:26:43,645 {\an8}and I represented the country of Antigua and Barbuda. 439 00:26:44,062 --> 00:26:46,105 {\an8}And I went to the Olympics, 440 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,941 {\an8}but didn't get to win the Olympic gold medal. 441 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:52,904 And then I was able to see myself in Gamora. 442 00:26:53,613 --> 00:26:59,452 I saw her struggle and so I realized that I can be a superhero 443 00:26:59,452 --> 00:27:03,247 even though I've had a really rough past. 444 00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:06,834 Growing up, it was just my mom, my sister and I. 445 00:27:07,335 --> 00:27:11,589 And so, seeing that Gamora was on this journey 446 00:27:11,589 --> 00:27:14,676 kind of on her own and kind of ripped away from her family 447 00:27:15,593 --> 00:27:17,178 kind of made sense, you know? 448 00:27:17,178 --> 00:27:21,933 I have a very kind of distant relationship with my father 449 00:27:21,933 --> 00:27:23,893 and I saw that I could overcome that. 450 00:27:24,519 --> 00:27:27,939 And so, I started my own organization called 451 00:27:27,939 --> 00:27:30,108 the Priscilla E. Frederick Foundation. 452 00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:34,237 Our main goal is to assist single-parent households. 453 00:27:34,946 --> 00:27:40,785 Connecting them to financial resources, housing, whatever they need. 454 00:27:40,785 --> 00:27:46,332 I wanted to make sure that I did something that affected the world in a positive way. 455 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:52,213 Hopefully, I can be that person that helps the Gamoras of the world 456 00:27:52,755 --> 00:27:55,675 build that bridge and get them where they want to be. 457 00:28:03,266 --> 00:28:05,393 (BOTH GRUNT) 458 00:28:05,852 --> 00:28:07,270 (SCREAMING) 459 00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:10,606 GUNN: I love uniquely superpowered characters. 460 00:28:10,606 --> 00:28:12,984 I think, you know, it's important to tell stories 461 00:28:12,984 --> 00:28:15,027 about all sorts of different types of people. 462 00:28:15,486 --> 00:28:16,612 I love Nebula 463 00:28:16,612 --> 00:28:19,949 {\an8}because she really was a really bad, bad character 464 00:28:19,949 --> 00:28:23,828 {\an8}in the first movie, and we get to see her slowly come around. 465 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:28,166 She has a change of heart and she becomes a Guardian of the Galaxy down the road. 466 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:31,335 And I think she's a superhero in many people's lives. 467 00:28:35,673 --> 00:28:36,966 My name's Angel Giuffria. 468 00:28:36,966 --> 00:28:39,927 {\an8}I was born missing the lower half of my left arm. 469 00:28:39,927 --> 00:28:42,096 {\an8}It's called a congenital limb difference. 470 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,641 Seeing Nebula onscreen in Guardians of the Galaxy 471 00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:48,186 being someone who has a prosthesis. 472 00:28:48,186 --> 00:28:51,439 At one point, she chops off her hand to do something. 473 00:28:53,733 --> 00:28:57,320 And I was like, "That's me!" Like, I take my hand off all the time. 474 00:28:58,196 --> 00:29:01,532 So, it's been really exciting to see such a strong 475 00:29:01,532 --> 00:29:05,912 and powerful and badass character that, you know, 476 00:29:05,912 --> 00:29:08,164 really pushes and fights for what she believes in, 477 00:29:08,164 --> 00:29:10,208 because that's something I've done forever. 478 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:13,252 Growing up as a kid with a limb difference, 479 00:29:13,252 --> 00:29:16,422 I think, was difficult because I felt like I had 480 00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:19,425 to kind of constantly fight to fit in. 481 00:29:19,425 --> 00:29:21,427 I kind of had to develop a thick skin. 482 00:29:21,427 --> 00:29:23,596 I had to develop a pretty good sense of humor, 483 00:29:23,596 --> 00:29:28,476 just to show people that, you know, having any type of physical difference, 484 00:29:28,476 --> 00:29:30,061 you're still the same as everybody. 485 00:29:30,061 --> 00:29:34,023 So, I think being different my whole life has 486 00:29:34,023 --> 00:29:36,025 led me on this path of being able to say, 487 00:29:36,025 --> 00:29:38,945 like, let me show you why different is so cool. 488 00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:45,993 Nebula definitely has a lot of anger and I guess I do resonate with that a bit 489 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:50,456 because it was so frustrating to have to convince people that I was okay. 490 00:29:50,456 --> 00:29:53,251 You know, that being different wasn't bad. 491 00:29:53,251 --> 00:29:56,170 I didn't understand why the default was that I was wrong, 492 00:29:56,170 --> 00:29:59,257 that my body wasn't right, you know, for existing how I was. 493 00:30:00,383 --> 00:30:04,887 Seeing Nebula be so confident in her robot body and going, you know, 494 00:30:04,887 --> 00:30:07,306 "I could kind of make my arm look like her arm." 495 00:30:07,306 --> 00:30:10,142 So, seeing her onscreen, I was like, "I wanna look like that." 496 00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:16,357 I think that's what's important for young amputees, 497 00:30:17,358 --> 00:30:20,653 young people with limb differences, everyone, really, 498 00:30:20,653 --> 00:30:23,990 to see that we exist in this dynamic fashion, 499 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:25,992 that I feel like has been ignored in media. 500 00:30:26,993 --> 00:30:29,996 The frustrating part is that's how people know things, right? 501 00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:32,540 If you don't know someone who wears a bionic arm 502 00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:34,876 or who is an amputee, why would you know? 503 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:40,631 So, seeing Nebula, seeing these awesome characters, 504 00:30:40,631 --> 00:30:43,676 especially in superhero movies, is so exciting. 505 00:30:43,676 --> 00:30:45,219 Like we get a superhero. 506 00:30:46,053 --> 00:30:47,305 I get to be Nebula. 507 00:30:51,017 --> 00:30:53,227 How do you like the Guardians of the Galaxy? 508 00:30:53,227 --> 00:30:54,478 (CROWD CHEERING) 509 00:30:54,478 --> 00:30:56,147 {\an8}(ALL EXCLAIM) 510 00:30:56,939 --> 00:30:58,733 {\an8}(CROWD CHEERING) 511 00:31:01,152 --> 00:31:03,112 Hail Hail 512 00:31:03,946 --> 00:31:06,365 What's the matter with your head 513 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:10,828 GILLAN: I think Marvel films are so successful because they lift us 514 00:31:10,828 --> 00:31:14,540 {\an8}out of our everyday lives and put us in a fantastical world 515 00:31:14,540 --> 00:31:17,084 {\an8}where everything's extraordinary and amazing. 516 00:31:17,084 --> 00:31:20,338 But underneath all of that is just really good messages 517 00:31:20,338 --> 00:31:22,632 that we can all connect to in our real lives. 518 00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:25,009 SALDANA: I dig it. I like being in space. 519 00:31:25,009 --> 00:31:30,973 I get to play less girlfriends and more female parts. 520 00:31:30,973 --> 00:31:32,433 More women. 521 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:35,269 Come and get your love 522 00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:36,979 What? Whoa! 523 00:31:36,979 --> 00:31:39,065 I need a picture right now! 524 00:31:39,649 --> 00:31:43,778 {\an8}I think that we do have the responsibility as storytellers 525 00:31:43,778 --> 00:31:47,365 {\an8}to represent what the world looks like today. 526 00:31:47,865 --> 00:31:50,493 They're not just, like, badass and violent, you know. 527 00:31:50,493 --> 00:31:53,412 They're like peculiar and weird and broken at the same time, 528 00:31:53,412 --> 00:31:56,832 so it feels like we're getting accurate representation of women in the film. 529 00:31:56,832 --> 00:32:01,212 You walk out into the world and there's all types of women, and so, 530 00:32:01,212 --> 00:32:07,551 I think it's vital to reflect society, diversity, you know, all genders. 531 00:32:07,551 --> 00:32:11,138 We just need to reflect the real society in our movies. 532 00:32:11,138 --> 00:32:12,556 (CROWD CLAMORING) 533 00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:16,769 KLEMENTIEFF: The Guardians of the Galaxy movies are very touching. 534 00:32:17,103 --> 00:32:18,646 {\an8}And I find it really beautiful 535 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,774 {\an8}because you see yourself represented on screen. 536 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:25,111 {\an8}I come out of these movies feeling more assured, 537 00:32:25,111 --> 00:32:27,989 {\an8}feeling stronger, feeling more optimistic, feeling more hopeful, 538 00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:31,534 feeling like, yes, we do have control of our destiny. 539 00:32:32,994 --> 00:32:34,120 PRATT: I have a daughter now. 540 00:32:34,704 --> 00:32:37,623 {\an8}She's one year old so I haven't shown her any Marvel movies yet. 541 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:39,750 {\an8}But I like the idea that one day, we'll watch them 542 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:43,170 and she can see herself in these characters now. 543 00:32:43,713 --> 00:32:48,968 She can see Gamora and Nebula and Mantis. 544 00:32:48,968 --> 00:32:50,594 Something's happening. 545 00:32:50,594 --> 00:32:52,513 I like the idea that my daughter can say, 546 00:32:52,513 --> 00:32:55,766 "I don't need to be rescued by a boy, I can rescue the boy myself." 547 00:32:55,766 --> 00:32:59,520 Peter! Take my hand! 548 00:33:08,112 --> 00:33:10,740 - ANNOUNCER: Zoe Saldana! - (CROWD CHEERING) 549 00:33:11,449 --> 00:33:13,034 WOMAN: You go, girl! 550 00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:21,208 {\an8}SALDANA: My hope is to be inspired every time I go to the movies. 551 00:33:21,709 --> 00:33:25,254 And I'm excited to see more stories of heroines. 552 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,256 Of female heroes. 553 00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:32,511 Because I enjoy this genre, I enjoy action movies, 554 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:36,182 I enjoy watching films with younger audiences. 555 00:33:36,182 --> 00:33:39,226 It makes you feel very excited and proud of what you're doing. 556 00:33:39,643 --> 00:33:42,646 So let's keep going in this direction. More, please. 557 00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:43,981 (LAUGHS)