Yes, you read that right! During his recent interaction, the Hollywood filmmaker was asked if he could introduce an Indian actor into the Guardians universe, who it would be. Replying to the same, the director said he would love to work with the guy from RRR ‘with all the tigers coming out of the cage and everything’. Gunn also added that Jr NTR was ‘amazing’ and ‘cool’ in the film.
Further when he was asked if he had any particular role in mind for the actor, James said that he will have to figure that out and that it would take a while.
In the same interview, James also expressed his love for Bollywood movies and revealed that the musical element in Guardians of the Galaxy is inspired by Bollywood. The director said that he loves that Bollywood movies are all about art, and they are also all about entertainment. There are no rules about what a movie has to be, it could be a lot of different things and that’s true about the Guardians movies. According to him, they have Indian cinemas as a part of who they are, they have Japanese cinema and Korean cinema, and Chinese cinema as a part of who they are.
He also went on to add that a lot of American movies are just their history is completely American films or American and European films making. It is always important for him to bring a world to the audience through the movies where they allow the movie to be something more different than they are used to with the regular kind of storytelling in the United States. He revealed that the musical element is definitely inspired by Bollywood films.
