Actress Karen Gillan’s role as Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy films didn’t always allow for the most improvisation, but that’s changed for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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“There’s been way more improv for me this time around than I have ever given before,” Gillan said in a recent interview with The Wrap. Of course, Gillan has improvised as Nebula before, noting that some of her more iconic moments in Avengers: Endgame were improvised.
“I will say, I’ve improvised a fair bit of Nebula because I don’t know if you saw Endgame, which seems like — (laughs) — That’s a ridiculous question. But basically, all of the stuff with Robert Downey Jr. at the beginning was like, that whole montage was improvised,” Gillan revealed. “Because all that was written was oh, they play football. They eat, they do this. And then we kind of ended up getting to improvise because he’s an amazing improviser. And so there was all this stuff about them playing the game and how much it meant to Nebula that she actually got to win something. And so she’s been slowly getting more improv-y.”
However, when it comes to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Gillan noted that “a lot more” improvising has occurred, although she’s unsure as of yet if everything will end up making it into the final version of the film.
“This time around in Guardians 3, she’s, yeah, she’s improvising a lot more lines. I don’t know if they’ll make the cut, but I hope they do.”
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is once again written and directed by James Gunn. It features the return of Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Sean Gunn, Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper, and Vin Diesel as they reprise their respective roles as Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Kraglin, Nebula, Mantis, Rocket, and Groot. Joining them are Marvel Cinematic Universe newcomers Will Poulter and Chukwudi Iwuji, with Poulter confirmed to be playing the role of Adam Warlock.
The long-delayed film is currently scheduled to debut on May 5, 2023.
