Kurt Russell is known for his iconic roles in countless movies , whether he played a badass ( The Thing , Tombstone , Escape From N.Y. ) or a goose ( Big Trouble in Little China , Overboard , etc . ) He ’s one of the very rare wiz who can be cool and funny simultaneously — and Russell thinks Chris Pratt is like that too , which is why they ’re the perfect father - son span in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 .
But Russell had n’t even seen the first movie before he was rumored to be playing Peter “ Star - Lord ” Quill ’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 . In fact , he first get wind of the blockbuster Marvel film at the same fourth dimension he heard the rumor . “ I was doing publicity for Hateful Eight and , suddenly , mass started say , ‘ Is it true ? Are you go to play Peter Quill ’s father ? ’ ” Russell said onthe Atlanta bent of Vol . 2 last year . “ And I ’m care , ‘ I do n’t know what you ’re talking about . ’ I just was n’t cognisant of it . ”
He was , however , writer - film director James Gunn ’s first choice to play the father of Chris Pratt ’s hero . When Russell finally watched the first Guardians of the Galaxy moving-picture show , he immediately felt a connector with the star .
“ Within about three minutes of watching Chris , as soon as he kicked one of those lemmings , I went , ‘ Okay . That ’s nerveless . ’ ” Russell enounce . “ That ’s my kinda cat . I know where that kind of goof come from . ”
That kind of goof came from those aforementioned characters Russell play in like Snake Plissken and Jack Burton . These roles are now iconic , but at the fourth dimension the flick were released , Russell admit many people did n’t quite get his performances .
“ It ’s playfulness to be living now in a meter when a younger multiplication understands what I was doing , ” he said . “ The older Guy , my age , they did n’t know what the fuck I was doing . They really did n’t . you may go back and read about it . It was like , ‘ What is that ? ’ I think it ’s funny . ”
In terms of balancing cool and comedy , Peter Quill could be the son of Big Trouble in Little China ’s Jack Burton . For Russell , the kinship is extremely satisfying :
So to be at this point in my life and be capable to not only … have a generation that bear you for what you were doing before anybody else was … to be able to take that and grow that , it ’s prissy . Because it has a lot to do with my personality and the way I look at spirit and material . And so , it ’s a nice time for me than it was 30 years ago … and yeah , it ’s a bit of an opportunity to take advantage of the way I created some guys in the past times that you guy rope , the people your age are more in tune with . You understood it .
There are as many connectedness between Russell ’s character , Ego the Living Planet ( yes , an actual planet who can take a human variant , because comics ) and Star - Lord as there are between Russell and Pratt ’s performances .
“ [ Ego ] has a slap-up , adventuresome spirit that he share with his son , ” Russell said . “ I think when it comes to parents that are miss , we have a tendency to put them on a pedestal , and Peter is living in that world . But to finally have the opportunity to meet that person , and then start to compare who they had in mind and what they ’re really getting is a fate of what we ’re doing . ”
The bonds between the characters and the actors meant Russell enjoyed work with Pratt vastly . “ We really run a fate together and we did many different shot together , ” Russell said . “ And that gives you the chance to play them many different ways . And because they both know their universe so well , it was fun for me to be able to screen of do in and go , ‘ Okay , well , here ’s where I ’m going on this one , ’ and then be able to just wrick it around on another take . ”
pay that he ’s joining an incredibly anticipated sequel , the immensely pop Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fact Russell is play a real major planet , his unconcern seems almost disgraceful . But for him , a major planet is just another role for the thespian , albeit one that ’s likely to be as iconic as his others .
“ When you ’re the actor who ’s being invited to encounter in that sandbox , yeah , I ’m your guy , ” Russell said . “ [ It ’s an ] opportunity to play a fibre that you hopefully can happen things to make it fun and entertaining and interesting and memorable . ”
Chances are , Russell does n’t need to care about Ego ’s appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy being any of those things . After all , like boy , like Father-God .
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 opens May 5 and ticket just live on on sale .
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