James Gunn Reveals Key GOTG3 Plot Point He Made Marvel Set Up In Infinity War

A key Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 plot point was set up in Avengers: Infinity War, according to James Gunn. It is the end of an era for one of Marvel Studios' most iconic franchises, as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 marked Gunn's final Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. For the trilogy finale, the story saw the heroes deal with the High Evolutionary, who was the man responsible for Rocket Racoon's existence. As Gunn finished his time with the MCU, he is now moving on to his full commitment at DC Studios, as he gave the Guardians a proper send-off in his final movie.
In a new interview with The New York Times, Gunn talked about seeding ideas for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 through other MCU films. According to Gunn, the kiss scene between Star-Lord and Gamora was something he initially wanted to put in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. But because of the story beat, Gunn ended up convincing Marvel Studios to get their kiss scene into Avengers: Infinity War, which obviously became important for Peter later on as he tried to convince the other Gamora through Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, that they used to have a special relationship.

QUESTION: Well, Gamora’s death is the big one, but even her first kiss with Quill comes in “Infinity War” after the first two “Guardians” movies appear to be building to it.

Gunn: I begged them to have that kiss in the movie, because it was necessary to really cement their relationship. I had a kiss in “Vol. 2” that I cut — it was awesome, but it came in a weird time. At the end of “Vol. 2,” you establish the fact that they have feelings for each other pretty distinctly, but in “Infinity War,” we needed to establish that they were now boyfriend-girlfriend and this was a normal thing for them. It wasn’t really about the kiss, it was about showing that they were now a couple.

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