In a 2014 interview with Film Information, James Gunn talked concerning the casting course of for Peter Quill, the principle character of the “Guardians” movies. Gunn would describe looking out far and huge for the suitable particular person to convey Quill to life, auditioning all types of actors, unknown or in any other case. The guiding gentle for the director was the impressed casting of “Iron Man,” who he noticed as an unconventional alternative that not solely stayed true to the spirit of the comics but in addition introduced his distinctive angle to the character:

“We had display examined 20 individuals of massive stars and no names in search of the suitable particular person as a result of I actually wished somebody who might embody this character and take it past what was on the web page, the identical manner Robert Downey Jr. did with Iron Man.”

Finally, it was Chris Pratt’s audition that resonated with Gunn essentially the most. The director would describe how he was instantly offered by Pratt’s interpretation of the character, distinctly due to how comfortably the actor had made the character his personal:

“No one blew me away. Loads of individuals had been actually good. Possibly some individuals had been nice, however no person blew me away. Then, Chris got here in and began to learn, and that is 100% true, that inside 20 seconds, I used to be like, ‘That is the man!’ That is who we have been in search of. He had this factor that was himself.”