Trivia / Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

• Ability over Appearance: At first. According to Word of God, Chris Pratt had not lost any weight for his audition - but he was just that good. Nonetheless Pratt did insist on losing 60 lbs to prepare.
• Acting for Two: Sean Gunn does the motion-capture for Rocket Raccoon and Thanos (albeit overdubbed by Bradley Cooper and Josh Brolin respectively), and also portrays Kraglin Obfonteri in this film. He would continue to portray both Kraglin and Rocket for the sequel and any other films that features both characters.
• Author's Saving Throw: Word of God has explained the "sex crime" on Quill's rap sheet comes from him having an affair with a duchess on a planet where it is illegal for commoners and nobility to interact in such a way, to make it clear that our main character is not a rapist.
• Approval of God:
  • The hero of Footloose himself, Kevin Bacon, praised the movie.
  • James Gunn thinks that How It Should Have Ended's version of Guardians is hilarious.
  • In a reddit AMA Alyssa Milano was asked about the ship being named after her - to which she responded "the coolest thing EVER!"
  • According to Gunn, this is Steven Spielberg's favorite superhero movie. Gunn cried upon hearing this!
• Auteur License: After the seemingly unlikely success of this group of characters, Disney become quite eager to support any adaptation of Marvel Comics characters by Marvel Studios, as made evident by the green-lighting of films like Ant-Man and Doctor Strange which became lucrative new properties in their own right.
• Awesome, Dear Boy: Glenn Close was ecstatic to play Nova Prime in, having always wanted to play an M-like authority figure. By all accounts she enjoyed filming the movie and immediately said she was eager to return for a second.
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: Rocket Raccoon is often quoted as saying "I'm gonna need that guy's eye." This is a mashup of two different lines he says at two completely separate points in the film: "That dude, there. I need his prosthetic leg." and "There's one more thing we need to complete the plan. That guy's eye."
• Cast the Runner-Up:
  • Lee Pace originally auditioned for Quill before being cast as Ronan.
  • Before being cast as Yondu Udonta, Michael Rooker expressed interest in playing Rocket Raccoon and there was a large fan petition trying to make it happen.
  • Djimon Hounsou was considered for Drax before being cast as Korath.
  • In an intra-franchise case, Karen Gillan had auditioned for Sharon Carter in the other Marvel movie of the year before she was brought in to read for Nebula.
• Celebrity Voice Actor:
  • Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Raccoon respectively. James Gunn did interview professional voice actors at first before opting for a celebrity one. Played with in that this wasn't too prominently displayed in the marketing.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, Rocket is voiced by the Soap Opera actor Sergio Zurita.
  • In the Japanese dub, the same character is voiced by the comedian Kouji Kato and Groot by scriptwriter and actor Kenichi Endou.
• Corpsing: While the Broker is trying to explain to Yondu why he can't discuss the details of the Orb or its buyer, Yondu keeps cutting him off by babbling gibberish. Kraglin struggles to keep a straight face at Yondu's antics until he lets out a blatant snigger.
• Creator Couple: Mariana Ortiz, who voiced Meredith Quill in the Latin American Spanish dub, was married to the ADR director, Luis Daniel Ramírez, at the time of the film's release. They have since divorced.
• Creator's Favorite Episode: Robert Downey Jr. called this "the perfect Marvel movie".
• Creator's Favorite:
  • Rocket, Big Time. James Gunn has stated several times that Rocket was a big, if not the main, reason he wanted to make this movie. In fact when it was confirmed Guardians was a hit, Gunn put a heartfelt thank you letter online and specifically thanks everyone for letting a Raccoon make them a little more human.
  • Vin Diesel loved his character, Groot, so much that he would go to promotions and premieres wearing the stilts he wore for the movie and a shirt proclaiming "I Am Groot."
• Descended Creator: Director James Gunn portrays a maskless Sakaaran.
• Defictionalization: It was one thing to put out the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (it's another thing that it topped Billboard charts for weeks) but to pull this trope and release on cassette.
• Deleted Scene: See here.
• Dyeing for Your Art:
  • In order to play Nebula, Karen Gillan shaved her head completely bald and had to endure hours of makeup and prosthetics being applied before cameras could roll. Her hair was then made into a wig and sent to the Star Wars studios (she got it back to film Selfie). She didn't have to go through it all over again for the sequel, though.
  • Chris Pratt went through an astounding series of physical transformations in the run-up to this film. After spending years as the pudgy Andy on Parks and Recreation he got ripped for Zero Dark Thirty. Then he went back to being pudgy for Parks and Rec before gaining even more weight for Delivery Man. Then he got ripped again for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) winding up sixty pounds less than he was during most of Parks and Recreation. He nearly passed on the project feeling like he couldn't make himself over to get to the body needed for the role, especially after an earlier "embarrassing" audition for one of the G.I. Joe films. But he committed to it and not only got into amazing shape with handsome movie-star looks, he credits it with making his life healthier and better. He also found Star Lord's mask to be extremely claustrophobic and had to deal with panic attacks while wearing it. The fact that the front and back were bolted together (meaning that it was impossible to take off without assistance) didn't help.
  • Dave Bautista already had the physique to play Drax (though he did say on Chris Jericho's podcast that he had slimmed down somewhat when he came to Hollywood to possibly play more roles than typical Brutes, so he essentially had to bulk back up for Drax) but he had to spend four hours every morning with his arms outstretched as makeup artists applied and colored the 18 prosthetics needed to achieve the look seen on screen. Also, Bautista was wildly enthusiastic about getting a role in a Marvel movie but didn't have much acting experience so he threw himself into acting classes to prepare.
  • Vin Diesel decided that he'd record his audio while wearing stilts in order to see the world from Groot's perspective. He said that it was also practice in anticipation of doing Groot's motion capture in any sequels that might happen.
  • Zoe Saldana had to spend hours getting turned green in order to play Gamora. She said, judging from the strange discharges she kept experiencing, that her body had an adverse reaction to the alcohol-based make-up they were using.
• Enforced Method Acting: According to director James Gunn, the translation of Groot's dialogue actually was scripted — but he didn't share it with actors whose characters aren't supposed to be able to understand Groot (i.e. Quill), to get a more genuine response. He did give the translations to Vin Diesel (Groot), and probably also to Bradley Cooper (Rocket).
• Executive Meddling: According to James Gunn, Ronan the Accuser was messy because the Marvel Creative Committee was given an input on villains. The group also wanted to nix the now-iconic 70's soundtrack but were thankfully overruled.
• Exiled from Continuity: The Badoon (recurring enemies of the Guardians in the comics) couldn't be used since their rights belong to Fox's Fantastic Four franchise, even though supplementary material has established their existence in the MCU. The Sakaarans were used as Suspiciously Similar Substitutes to fill the gap. The same goes for the Kree's enemy the Skrull, which they usually war with, that are tied to the Fantastic Four as well.
• Fake American:
  • Karen Gillan (Scottish) as Nebula. Although Nebula is technically not an American, that's the accent she speaks with.
  • British actress Laura Haddock playing Missouri-native Meredith Quill.
• Flip-Flop of God: James Gunn has gone back and forth on whether or not the Cocoon seen in the Collector's possession (which is mysteriously open in The Stinger) belongs to Adam Warlock. He initially said it was, but later said it wasn't after he started writing the script to the sequel. Some suspected that he was simply trying to hide the character's presence until it was time to officially announce it. After the announcement that Khismit (Adam's Distaff Counterpart) would be in the sequel, some fans theorized that the cocoon belonged to her. Ultimately, the Cocoon doesn't play into Adam Warlock's origin in the MCU and its appearance is a mere Easter Egg.
• Follow the Leader: The success of the movie convinced Marvel's rivals to create their own action-comedy superhero movies with anti-hero protagonists. In 2016, 20th Century Fox released the Deadpool movie and Warner Bros. planned to release Suicide Squad (2016). This goes even extends to the trailers (featuring 70s pop & rock music) and even the release dates (both movies were released in traditional dump months just like Guardians).
• Hostility on the Set: According to MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, James Gunn didn't want to share writing credits with Nicole Perlman and allegedly used bullying tactics to try to keep Perlman's name out of the credits in an attempt to get the sole writing credit. Perlman even threw a "Fuck James Gunn" party when she won the fight which explains why Perlman didn't come back for Guardians sequels.
• I Am Not Shazam: Denarian is Garthan Saal's rank in the Corps, not his first name. Actually made evident in the epilogue when Rhomann Dey was given the same rank as Saal was KIA.
• Inspiration for the Work: James Gunn was inspired by Mass Effect, Flash Gordon (1980), Farscape and Star Wars.
• Irony as She Is Cast: Gamora claims she doesn't dance, and does it badly the one time she tries. Zoe Saldaña is a professionally trained ballerina.
• Kids' Meal Toy: Subway released a set of six pull-string backpacks. These consisted of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, and all five of the Guardians together.
• Meaningful Release Date: The film was released 28 years to the day after Howard the Duck. Guess who appears in The Stinger?
• Method Acting: Vin Diesel recorded his lines while wearing stilts to get a sense of how tall Groot actually was.
• Missing Trailer Scene: One of Gamora topless (from behind), along with some extra dialogue that didn't appear in the finished film. Most obviously, in the famous "lineup" trailer scene, Drax is introduced alongside the others, while he doesn't even meet them until after they get consigned to the Kyln, and the Title Drop at the end doesn't happen in the film (because the group don't call themselves "the Guardians of the Galaxy" until the climax).
• Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor: Vin Diesel voiced Groot in every version of Guardians of the Galaxy, albeit some dubs (such as the Hungarian, Japanese and Italian ones) replaced him with a local voice actor.
• The Other Darrin: When Thanos first appeared in The Avengers, he was played by Damion Poitier. Beginning with this film, the character is played by Josh Brolin.
• The Other Marty: For the Latin American Spanish dub, Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza was selected to provide the voice of Groot. Two weeks after Ghigliazza recorded his dialogue, however, Vin Diesel voiced the character at his own request.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Karen Gillan as the villainous Nebula.
  • Who would have thought that stone-cold badass Vin Diesel would end up playing the gentle-yet-badass Groot? (Outside of those that watched The Iron Giant, of course — which itself was a role where he was Playing Against Type.)
  • Chris Pratt, best known for playing a comedic and schlubby Adult Child on Parks and Recreation, as buffed-up Lovable Rogue Star-Lord.
  • Lee Pace, perhaps most memorable as the awkward and gentle Ned from Pushing Daisies, as the cruel and genocidal Ronan.
  • Gregg Henry typically plays darker characters. Here he plays Quill's grandfather, and is nothing but kind and loving, as he'll be for the rest of the Guardian trilogy.
• Playing with Character Type: Dave Bautista as Drax isn't too far away from type - since he's still The Brute and an action hero. But his status as comic relief and Dumb Muscle is something new.
• Production Posse:
  • Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion, and Gregg Henry were all in James Gunn's first film, Slither.
  • Director James Gunn's brother Sean plays Kraglin, and served as the on-set Rocket.
• Promoted Fanboy: Dave Bautista has gone on record that he wanted a role in a Marvel movie more than anything else in his life and cried when he found out he got the part.
• Real-Life Relative: Rhomann Dey's daughter is portrayed by twin sisters Imogen and Isabella Poynton and James Gunn's younger brother Sean Gunn played Kraglin Obfonteri.
• Reality Subtext:
  • Korath's lack of recognition for "Star-Lord" reflects the obscurity of the comic series compared to other properties from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His getting it right at the end shows the hope that the film could raise their profile among fans.
  • Gamora and Rocket's arguments (particularly their exchange about how the prison inmates "supposedly" find Gamora attractive) become a bit funnier when you remember that Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper are exes.
• The Red Stapler:
  • One of the soundtrack albums is entitled Awesome Mix Vol. 1, and consists of all the songs that are played from Quill's walkman over the course of the film. It's even being released on cassette!
  • The film has even generated renewed interest in and demand for personal cassette players, especially classic Walkmans like Peter's.
• Referenced by...: Doraemon: Nobita and The Space Heroes is an installment of the franchise where Doraemon gives everybody temporary superpowers. The name of their team? "Miracle Guardians of the Galaxy" (note that the movie came out in 2015, a year after the film, the reference seems intentional).
• Revival by Commercialization:
  • After appearing in the trailer, "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede sold more than 2000 downloads within 24 hours of the trailer being released — a 700% increase in sales.
  • All of the songs that comprised the film's soundtrack, "Awesome Mix Vol. 1", that was released as an album; it became the first film soundtrack to ever hit #1 on the Billboard album charts without a new song debuting on it. It's also worth pointing out that they were heard on radio stations well after the movie premiered.
  • Howard the Duck's original run was released digitally a week after the movie's launch and a new series early the following year. The success of both is mainly attributed to his cameo in Guardians.
• Sleeper Hit: In spite of Marvel's excellent box office record, the movie was expected by most to do relatively modest Thor-level numbers of around $180 million because it was based on a very obscure comic book property and was released in the dump month of August. Guardians of the Galaxy, however, ended up getting the last laugh all the way to the top summer spot, dethroning the presumed summer box office champion Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the highest grossing movie of 2014. What made its success shocking was that the previous attempts to make big budget sci-fi space operas in 2011 (Green Lantern (2011)) and 2012 (John Carter) were massive bombs. The fact that Guardians of the Galaxy was able to avoid the same horrible fate is a real testament to the success of the Marvel Brand.
• So My Kids Can Watch: Djimon Hounsou has admitted in an interview that he took the role of Korath the Pursuer for his son, who loves the Superhero genre.
• Spared by the Cut:
  • Yondu was originally supposed to die after discovering that Quill had replaced the Power Stone with one of Rocket's bombs. This was changed to Peter giving him a troll doll, knowing Yondu liked cute things, due to Gunn wanting to bring Yondu back in the sequel where he wound up dying anyway in a more dignified Heroic Sacrifice.
  • Likewise, Nebula was also supposed to die, but it was decided that she should live, in order to provide more story opportunities for potential sequels. The past Nebula in Avengers: Endgame, taken from the time Guardians of the Galaxy was originally set, does die however, by the hand of her present self.
• Star-Making Role:
  • While Chris Pratt was fairly prominent from Parks and Recreation and other films like Money Ball, Zero Dark Thirty and The LEGO Movie, this was the movie that propelled him to the A-List.
  • Prior to this film, Dave Bautista was better known as the second biggest WWE wrestler after John Cena, and only had film credits as silent henchmen or brutes, much like most other wrestlers in acting roles. His performance as Drax the Destroyer made audiences and critics stand up and admit He Really Can Act, and since then he's not only become far more successful than Cena and the second most prolific wrestler in film after Dwayne Johnson. Unlike Johnson, Bautista has since appeared in more prestigious projects, and is more often cast as an actor rather than just an action star (which doesn't mean he can't combine both, such as in Army of the Dead).
• Throw It In!:
  • According to James Gunn, Peter flipping off the Nova Corps came from Chris Pratt goofing around on set.
  • Chris Pratt also ad-libbed the line "if I had a blacklight, this place would look like a Jackson Pollock painting."
  • The scene where Peter drops the orb during the Collector scene was also not scripted. According to the commentary, Chris Pratt accidentally dropped the orb during filming but remained in character through the whole thing so it's in the final film.
  • James Gunn's brother Sean, who did the on-set acting for Rocket, improvised the line "A bunch of jackasses standing in a circle."
  • Yondu making fun of The Broker by making silly noises was not scripted. Michael Rooker was simply goofing around, feeling that it fit his character and, as the other actors stayed in character, it was kept in. Even Sean Gunn/Kraglin's Corpsing fits.
  • James Gunn noted in a press interview for Vol. 3 that he came up with the idea of introducing the scene of the Collector showing off the Infinity Stones in about thirty minutes while in the writing room. The fact that this would eventually become part of the MCU's overall Myth Arc was not lost on him, and it still shocks him to this day.
• Unbuilt Casting Type: This film made Chris Pratt one of Hollywood's favourite Manchild action heroes in blockbusters like Jurassic World and The Magnificent Seven (2016). But here those traits are used to show how damaged he is from his mother's death and abusive upbringing (pretty much stuck as an emotionally traumatized eight-year-old boy) - and the toxic masculinity is deconstructed rather than Played for Laughs.
• Uncredited Role: Josh Brolin is uncredited for his appearance as Thanos, despite this being his most prominent appearance prior to Avengers: Infinity War. Seth Green is also uncredited for his voice role as Howard the Duck in The Stinger.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt was initially offered the role of Peter Quill before Chris Pratt was cast, but turned it down in order to star in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
    • Zachary Levi also auditioned for the part of Star-Lord, despite him previously having a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Fandral the Dashing in Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok.
    • Glenn Howerton, Michael Rosenbaum, John Krasinski, Eddie Redmayne, Garrett Hedlund, Jensen Ackles, James Marsden, Joel Edgerton, Jim Sturgess, Wes Bentley, Sullivan Stapleton, Logan Marshall-Green, Cam Gigandet, Jack Huston, Adam Brody, Aaron Paul, Chris Lowell and John Gallagher Jr. screen-tested for the part of Star-Lord as well before the casting of Pratt. James Gunn later specified that Howerton was the runner-up for Star-Lord had Pratt turned down the offer. Rosenbaum and Krasinski would eventually go on to portray Martinex and a variant of Reed Richards in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness respectively.
  • Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried were approached for the role of Gamora before the casting of Zoe Saldaña. Wilde turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with Better Living Through Chemistry, while Seyfried declined due to her belief that the film wouldn't be successful and her hesitation to undergo heavy makeup. Wilde would go on to helm a Spider-Woman film set within Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
    • Gina Carano, Rachel Nichols, Thandiwe Newton, Elizabeth Banks, Rosario Dawson and Adrianne Palicki also auditioned for the part of Gamora before the casting of Saldana. Dawson and Palicki would later go on to play Claire Temple and Bobbi Morse in Daredevil and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. respectively.
  • Jason Momoa was offered the role of Drax the Destroyer before Dave Bautista was cast, but turned it down due to his reluctance to be typecast in action movies and not wanting to portray another character similar to Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis.
    • Isaiah Mustafa, Brian Patrick Wade, Shad Gaspard, Benjamin Byron Davis, Djimon Hounsou and Chadwick Boseman auditioned for the part of Drax as well before the casting of Bautista. Davis would later appear as two separate minor characters in Ant-Man and the Wasp and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Hounsou would go on to play Korath the Pursuer and Boseman would portray Black Panther.
  • Jim Carrey, Danny Devito, Sharlto Copley and H. Jon Benjamin were considered to voice Rocket Raccoon before the casting of Bradley Cooper.
  • Gal Gadot and Lupita Nyong'o auditioned for the role of Nebula before Karen Gillan was cast. Nyong'o would eventually go on to play Nakia in Black Panther
  • Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman and Ken Watanabe were considered for Rhomann Dey before the casting of John C. Reilly.
  • Duncan Jones, Colin Trevorrow, Peyton Reed and Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck were in the running to direct the film before James Gunn was hired. Reed would later go on to helm Ant-Man, while Boden and Fleck would direct Captain Marvel.
  • In 2012, Marvel offered to give Fox an extension on rebooting Daredevil in exchange for the rights to certain cosmic Marvel characters for use in this film; Galactus and Silver Surfer were explicitly named. However, Fox declined the offer.
  • The song over the opening credits was planned to be "Hooked on a Feeling" but it was decided "Come and Get Your Love" worked better.
  • Early drafts of the script included Bug. He was even back in the Guardians' comic relaunch to promote the character briefly. He was left out due to the nebulous situation over whether or not Marvel actually owns the film rights to the character (though he debuted in Micronauts, it was ruled that Marvel's take on Bug was essentially an original character after they lost the rights to the Micronauts).
  • Early drafts featured Nova (although it's unclear as to which Nova, Richard Rider or Sam Alexander) as a central character. He was cut once James Gunn took over, as he took away focus from Star-Lord's story, as well as being considered The Scrappy by Gunn.
  • Stan Lee was originally slated to cameo in the Collector's collection on Knowhere, in which he would have flipped off Groot from within a display case (possibly a reference to the fact that Groot is the only member of the team that Lee had any hand in creating). The scene was cut because Lee was in England at the time and couldn't be reached for filming, and he instead appeared as a Xandarian 'ladies' man' Rocket was watching on Xandar.
  • According to James Gunn, the stinger at the end of Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Baron Von Strucker and the twins was originally the stinger for this film, but the scene ended up being used for Winter Soldier instead.
  • Thanos almost got cut from the movie, but the Marvel Creative Committee mandated that he appear in order for the audience to a connection to The Avengers. The Committee were also intent on getting rid of the 70s soundtrack, but would thankfully be overruled.
  • Rocket Raccoon was not included in early drafts of the script out of fear that he would be considered too cartoonish.
  • James Gunn wanted to have Rom the Space Knight pop up in the movie, but was unable to due so because Marvel does not have the rights to use the character. (The rights are currently owned by Hasbro after they acquired Parker Brothers.)
  • An Iron Man cameo was planned but didn't happen - as Robert Downey Jr. wasn't sure if he was going to stay with the franchise. He later signed on to do the three Avengers sequels and Captain America: Civil War.
  • Concept art for Rocket Raccoon and Groot◊ shows that they were originally going to look a LOT creepier. Some of the designs of the other Guardians differ from the final product as well, such as Gamora having green eyes, and Star-Lord resembling a milatary officer. The concept art for Rocket had him wearing his navy blue and red outfit, which seems to imply that the Guardians were going to wear their uniforms from the comics.
  • James Gunn wanted to include aliens called "sneepers". The name ended up being used for the fictional band behind "Guardians Inferno".
  • In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Chris Pratt said that, while filming one scene, he kept saying "pew pew pew" whenever he fired his blasters, because they obviously didn't have any sound effects until they were edited in. This scene had to be reshot to get a take without Pratt's interjections (to the tune of $150,000), although a lot of fans think saying "pew" when he fires his guns would have been perfectly in character for Star-Lord and they should have gone with the original take. This actually gets referenced in the opening mission of the 2021 video game.
  • The ending was going to show a shot of Peter's grandfather looking up at the stars, implying that he'd witnessed Peter's kidnapping at Yondu's hands decades ago, and was still hoping his grandson would make it back home one day. The scene was dropped due to behind the scenes thinking it was way too sad a note to end the movie on.
  • James Gunn initially planned to shoot four short films as part of Marvel One-Shots in order to expand upon each of the Guardians' backstories. While Star-Lord's backstory ended up becoming the film's opening sequence, the rest of the films were canned after Gunn realized that trying to shoot them while also trying to make one huge movie full of world-building for the MCU at large would be impossible to balance.
  • Related to the above, had the one-shot film for Rocket and Groot gotten off the ground, Alan Tudyk would've played a role in it.
  • Gamora originally had awkward and stereotypically reptilian mannerisms, but Gunn and Saldaña agreed that this was distracting and unnecessary.
  • Karen Gillan originally auditioned for Nebula using her natural Scottish accent, but Marvel wasn't impressed with it. To cast her in the film, Gunn suggested Gillan create a mix between Clint Eastwood and Marilyn Monroe's voices, which is what is heard in the final film and throughout Nebula's appearances in the MCU.
• Word of God:
  • It's been confirmed that unlike in the comics, Jason of Spartax is not Peter Quill's father in the MCU.
  • It's also confirmed that Quill's ship The Milano is named after his childhood crush Alyssa Milano.
  • James Gunn considers the newly grown Groot at the end to be the son of the other Groot.
• You Look Familiar:
  • Peter's mom's actor Laura Haddock also had a minor role as an autograph seeker in Captain America: The First Avenger. In 2018, James Gunn confirmed that it was Meredith Quill's mother, and therefore Peter Quill's maternal grandmother.
  • In the European French dub, Paul Borne (Thanos) voiced Nicky Fury in Iron Man and would later do Bill Foster (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Counting the ABC and Netflix series, he also voiced Harvey in Jessica Jones, Grill in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Henry "Pop" Hunter in Luke Cage.
  • In the Canadian French dub, Star-Lord is voiced by Philippe Martin, who also voiced Fandrall in Thor: The Dark World; Gamora is voiced by Catherine Proulx-Lemay, who is also the voice of Peggy Carter; Jason Quill (Peter's grandfather) is voiced by Jean-Marie Moncelet, who not only is the voice of General "Thunderbolt" Ross, but also voiced President Ellis in Iron Man 3; and Rhomann Dey is voiced by Yves Soutières, who also voiced Jack Rollins in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, Peter is voiced by Carlo Vázquez, who previously dubbed Eric Savin in Iron Man 3, and Saal is voiced by Andrés García, who also voiced Happy Hogan in the Iron Man films.

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Awesome Mix Vol. 1 consists of the tracks:

• 1. "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede
• 2. "Go All the Way" by The Raspberries
• 3. "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum
• 4. "Moonage Daydream" by David Bowie
• 5. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" by Elvis Bishop
• 6. "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc
• 7. "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5
• 8. "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone
• 9. "Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways
• 10. "Escape (The Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
• 11. "O-o-h Child" by Five Stairsteps
• 12. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Other songs that were used during filming, but cut in the final product:

• "Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night
• "Magic" by Pilot
• "Livin' Thing" by Electric Light Orchestra

Some songs that were considered for the film, but ultimately not used:

• "Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell
• "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night