It just kind of evolved from there,” he says. “I was hired for the first movie to sort of assist with Rocket so that we would find a way that the actors were dealing with a real actor, rather than a blank space, before they found a voice actor who was going to play the role. Gunn says his assuming the role of Rocket on the initial “Guardians” film was more than just a courtesy to his older sibling, whose films he frequently appears in “it was also a favor to me because I needed a job!” he jokes. It’s been interesting how much it’s made an impression on people.”īradley Cooper tends to get the lion’s share of credit for voicing the character. “But people are starting to notice it and ask me questions about it, and I’m happy to answer what I can. “I’m learning the extent to which some people are just learning about some of the work I did as Rocket on the movie, which is not something that I really did for any kind of recognition,” Gunn tells CNN. (He’s an “old school character actor,” he’ll say.)īut taking part in Marvel’s promotional “We Love You 3000” tour of Best Buy outlets and meeting fans to celebrate the home video release of “Avengers: Endgame,” the latest movie in which he performed as Rocket, Gunn is discovering that his seemingly anonymous efforts are gaining greater and greater appreciation. He’s amassed dozens of film and TV credits over a twenty-plus year career, most notably as local oddball Kirk Gleason on “Gilmore Girls,” and, in a second Marvel role, the space mercenary Kraglin in both “Guardians” films. It’s not like Gunn, the younger brother of “Guardians of the Galaxy” writer-director James Gunn, has been lacking in on screen face time outside of his furry alter ego. Marvel loyals have probably seen him in behind the scenes footage, walking in a squat to mimic his character’s diminutive stature. While he may not have any face time in the billion-dollar Marvel franchises in which the character has appeared, Gunn acts as the point of reference for his fellow actors, filmmakers and visual effects technicians. By his own admission, actor Sean Gunn sometimes feels like he has a front row seat to the greatest show in the world.Īs the man who provided the physical performance for Rocket Raccoon in four Marvel Studios movies, he’s not wrong.
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