🐱 James Gunn defends Chris Pratt amid calls to recast him in Guardians of the Galaxy

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/chris-pratt-james-gunn-guardians-galaxy-b2065463.html

Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunnhas defended the film’s star Chris Pratt amid calls for his removal from the franchise.

The Star-Lord actor is facing renewed scrutiny after appearing in the trailer for the new Thor movie, Love and Thunder.

Fan discontent with the actor stems from his involvement in an evangelical Christian church, which was accused in 2019 of being “anti-gay” by Elliot Page. Pratt denied this claim, along with unsubstantiated rumours that he was a Trump supporter.

On Monday (25 April), Gunn hit back at a side-by-side photo of Pratt and actor Patrick Wilsontweeted by a fan with the caption: “Marvel. Hear me out. Just… replace him.”

Gunn responded: “For what? Because of your made-up, utterly-false beliefs about him? For something that someone else told you about him that’s not true? Chris Pratt would never be replaced as Star-Lord but, if he ever was, we would all be going with him.”

Another person asked the director if he was “cool with him being part of a homophobic church,” to which Gunn replied: “He isn’t.

“I know the church he currently goes to. Do you? (The answer is you don’t, but you heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from someone where he goes to church, so decided, ‘yeah, okay, I’ll believe this terrible thing I heard online about this celebrity!’)”

The Independent has contacted representatives for Pratt for comment.

This is not the first time one of Pratt’s Hollywood colleagues has leapt to his defence. In October 2020, various Avengers stars stepped in after the internet voted him “the worst Hollywood Chris”.

Robert Downey Jr, who played Iron Man in the blockbuster films, wrote on Instagram: “What a world... The ‘sinless’ are casting stones at my brother, Chris Pratt... A real Christian who lives by principle, has never demonstrated anything but positivity and gratitude.”

Referring to Pratt’s marriage with Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Arnold, Downey Jr added: “AND he just married in to a family that makes space for civil discourse and (just plain fact) INSISTS on service as the highest value.”

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 is scheduled to be released on May 5, 2023.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

who cares I can't see him as anything but Andy

That's true, but Starlord is just Space Andy

 

[Happy Fish]

They should replace Chris Pratt with a transwoman who rocks the socks of everyone leaving Twitter.

 

[Josterman]

Team Pratt all the way

 

[WeDon'tNeedToWhisper]

Ellen/Elliot Page, who obviously suffers from a severe mental illness, needs to shut her fucking mouth, about everything.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

Gonna lulz when the Twitter mob turns on Gunn after defending him from the pedo allegations just because he didnt shit talk an open Hollywood Christian.

 

[Not Jewish Wario]

They are literally just buttmad that Chris Pratt is openly Christian, and that he (and RDJ, I think) refused to show up to a Biden fundraiser event.

RDJ wasn't advertised for the fundraiser, but he did show up for a bit. I think Jeremy Renner is the other Avenger people on Twitter seem to hate for some rumours. Not sure if he was ever criticized for the fundraiser though.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

There are a lot of Christians and Conservatives in Hollywood and their closest liberal friends know it and don't care. They even know they would vote for Trump and probably shrug it off because they know they have their reasons and they are good people nevertheless. Only the very extreme make a fuzz out of it.

All their hysterics about "MUH WHITE SUPREMACY NAZI TRUMP REEEEE" is just for the cameras and the fools who think these people go around shooting dissidents.

Chord Overstreet was rumoured a Trump supporter and fans were hysterical. Ultra progressive actor Kevin McHale (famous for Glee and for his twitter fight with Bolsonaro) had to "debunk" the rumours saying Chord would never.

Truth is, it's very OBVIOUS that Overstreet voted Trump or at least, votes Republican. His friends know it, they just can't say it aloud because they know he's getting cancelled and they know he's a good guy who doesn't deserve it. They are also protecting themselves because if fans know it, they would be accusing them of being enablers of hate or some shit.

 

[The handsome tard]

Well James, even a broken clock such as yourself is right twice a day. I still hate your guts but I respect you standing up for Chris.

Chris Pratt has never said anything openly anti-gay right? These retards are only screeching over the mere fact he goes to church?

God, I can only imagine the sheer horror actors must be feeling right now watching this. Some of them have to be waking up to the fact that if the purity spiral is coming for one of the Marvel darlings that has literally said nothing publicly controversial it will not just stop at him.

These people went after Gina after she said that the left's persecution of right wingers were akin to nazi with the jews. All over the smallest of things. She had more guts than all women and most men in hollywood combined.

So they proceeded to prove her right by doing exactly that. Kicking her out and blacklisting her.

So much for respekt women until they say something we dont like.

 

[Not Jewish Wario]

There are a lot of Christians and Conservatives in Hollywood and their closest liberal friends know it and don't care. They even know they would vote for Trump and probably shrug it off because they know they have their reasons and they are good people nevertheless. Only the very extreme make a fuzz out of it.

All their hysterics about "MUH WHITE SUPREMACY NAZI TRUMP REEEEE" is just for the cameras and the fools who think these people go around shooting dissidents.

Chord Overstreet was rumoured a Trump supporter and fans were hysterical. Ultra progressive actor Kevin McHale (famous for Glee and for his twitter fight with Bolsonaro) had to "debunk" the rumours saying Chord would never.

Truth is, it's very OBVIOUS that Overstreet voted Trump or at least, votes Republican. His friends know it, they just can't say it aloud because they know he's getting cancelled and they know he's a good guy who doesn't deserve it. They are also protecting themselves because if fans know it, they would be accusing them of being enablers of hate or some shit.

Matthew McConaughey said on Joe Rogan that he knows people in Hollywood whom he has prayed with before that have to sit on their hands and stay silent during award shows whenever he or someone else thanks God because it looks bad to producers.

I think Gina Carano said something similar to Shaprio regarding Conservatives. If I recall correctly, some of her co-workers were silent about or even stood up for her (rumoured) when the accusations started about her being a conservative. It was only after the holocaust comparisson that Disney couldn't fake ignorance about the claims anymore and had to appease the mob by firing her. The same thing also happened recently with the "Don't Say Gay" Bill controversy.

 

[Red Hood]

It's funny they show Pratt and Patrick Wilson side by side because the key difference is charisma. Ever seen Wilson in something? He's an okay actor but he's not the fountain of charisma Pratt is. Pratt radiates "likeable, goofy dude" whereas Wilson just comes across as "bland, stuffy actor man"

They're kind of struggle sessioning Pratt here because he's not openly political and he's a Christian therefore they've deemed a Trumpist by association. I don't care if he is or not, he seems to understand Elvis "I'm just an entertainer" mantra.

who cares I can't see him as anything but Andy

I like to think most of his movie characters are just Andy's daydreams. Velociraptor trainer, Space rogue, Super Mario....

 

[I am the Muffin Maker]

Do they feel this way about Mashallah Ali? (just kidding I know the answer)

I have no quarrel with the guy but Islam isn't exactly friendly with the gays.

Or Mayim Bialik (Orthodox Jew)

No? Why single out the former fatty?

 

[Product Placement]

Not shocking as James Gunn knows first hand about getting canceled over bullshit and lies

 

[Standardized Profile]

There's evidence that James Gunn is a pedophile,* and they're more concerned that maybe someone goes to a church that believes what the Church has always believed?

*I don't know for certain he's aroused by children, but he wrote an awful lot of tweets about sex with children, animals ejaculating on children, etc., and dressed up as a priest at what sure looked like a pedophile-themed fancy dress party.

 

[Otterly]

They are driven nuts by people who they suspect of wrongthink but who haven’t actually ‘done’ anything. It’s because the current climate is that everyone must be totally good or totally bad. They want him to be bad, because of what he believes, but he gives them no angle of attack. They expect that someone who is Christian and conservative MUST be openly raving about (whatever) and calling for the bonfire of the trannies. Yet he’s just going to church. It’s that insane.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Are the people screeching about him going to a church even aware that Christianity has a million different variants like pretty much every other religion? If I assumed every Muslim in the world was part of ISIS or the Taliban, I'd be rightfully called an idiot. If I assumed every Hindu was an Aghori degenerate, I'd be called insane.

 

[Francis York Morgan]

Chris Pratt has never said anything openly anti-gay right? These retards are only screeching over the mere fact he goes to church?

As someone else mentioned here, you can thank Ellen Page for this shit. Some bug got up her ass about Chris and she decided to concoct this narrative about him hating gays because of the church he used to attend (same church many other Christian celebrities attended).

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

Remember that girl from the US version of The Office that got burned at the stake in effigy for taking part in a beauty pageant that had some distant connection to something racist?

the veiled prophet ball in 1999

 

[tehpope]

If Chris did get dumped, could he have a lawsuit on his hands for discrimination? Since he could argue that because of his religion and a hate mob, Disney let him go.

 

[CatParty]

If Chris did get dumped, could he have a lawsuit on his hands for discrimination? Since he could argue that because of his religion and a hate mob, Disney let him go.

It’s weird they seem to have forgot about Evangeline Lilly and the black panther chick but every day these people wake up hating Chris Pratt. Haven’t seen such fervor to cancel someone since before Rowling just said “fuck it”

 

[InwardsStink]

Pedophiles defending pedophiles against twitter tranny pedos. Oh boy, we got ourselves a pedo ho-down.