History Trivia / GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2

** Alternatively, Yondu might have an old friend [[{{Film/Cliffhanger}} from the Rocky Mountains]].

** Kurt Russell now plays [[TheThing an alien being that wants to assimilate all life.]]

* CastingGag: As a child in the eighties, Peter imagined his missing dad to be like one of the cool action heroes he saw on television, like Creator/DavidHasselhoff. When we finally meet Peter's biological father, he actually turns out to be an [[Creator/KurtRussell '80s action hero]].

* IKnewIt: Mantis was by far one of the least popular guesses for who the new Guardian would be, but a small group of fans correctly called it.

* CastingGag: As a child in the eighties, Peter imagined his missing dad to be like one of the cool action heroes he saw in the television, like Creator/DavidHasselhoff. When we finally meet Peter's biological father, he actually turns out to be an [[Creator/KurtRussell '80s action hero]].

* DyeingForYourArt: The make-up team was able make some improvements to help with actors' comfort with their make-up and prosthetics. Creator/KarenGillan's make-up was altered so that she wouldn't have to shave her head for this film and Creator/DaveBautista's prep time was cut down from four hours to ninety minutes. Unfortunately for Creator/ZoeSaldana, she still had to spend over three hours every morning to be turned green, using the same alcohol-based make-up that caused severe discomfort while shooting the first film.

** [[spoiler: The female Starhawk is played by Creator/MichelleYeoh, the star of the superhero film ''Silver Hawk''.]]

* FandomNod: Stan Lee [[spoiler:chatting with a bunch of Watchers obviously references the fan-theory that he's Uatu from the comics. After the release, Kevin Feige unofficially endorsed the theory (but not outright stated if he is Uatu)]]

* HarsherInHindsight: One of the reasons Videogame/DisneyInfinity failed miserably was horrendous overproduction on figures, with Yondu being specifically called out on. If they'd repackaged Yondu to release as a pack-in related to Volume 2, they would have sold out that stock and then some.

** Along with Mantis, Gunn was also planning to have Comicbook/AdamWarlock join the team; subsequent rewrites cut Warlock, because Gunn felt there wouldn't be enough focus on characterisation with him in it. It would later be confirmed that Warlock would get RefittedForSequel with the third film in the series.
** James Gunn wanted Music/DavidBowie to have a cameo appearance in the movie, but the latter's illness and death prevented that from happening.
** Originally [[http://mcuexchange.com/james-gunn-on-the-importance-of-baby-groot-yondu-and-more-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2/ Groot was going to be fully grown again,]] but James Gunn opted to keep him as a baby for the sequel. Given that the movie is set only two months after the previous film, this makes quite a bit of sense.
** [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/guardians_of_the_galaxy/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-james-gunn-says-a147453 Also the movie was meant to be set in real time as previous MCU movies,]] before James Gunn decided to have a 2 months gap.

** [[{{VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw}} Zed}} is now a Ravager.

* DyeingForYourArt: The make-up team was able make some improvements to help with actors' comfort with make-up and prosthetics. Creator/KarenGillan's make-up was altered so that she wouldn't have to shave her head for this film and Creator/DaveBautista's prep time was cut down from four hours to ninety minutes. Unfortunately for Creator/ZoeSaldana, she still had to spend over three hours every morning to be turned green, using the same alcohol-based make-up that caused severe discomfort while shooting the first film.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Building on the deaging effects used in various MCU films, the effect used to deage Creator/KurtRussell nearly forty years is almost completely perfect in this film.

* FandomNod: Stan Lee [[spoiler:chatting with a bunch of Watchers obviously references the fan-theory that he's Uatu from the comics. After the release, Kevin Feige unofficially endorse the theory (but not outright state if he is Uatu)]]

* DyeingForYourArt: The make-up team was able to cut down Creator/DaveBautista's prep time from four hours to ninety minutes. Unfortunately for Creator/ZoeSaldana, she still had to spend over three hours every morning to be turned green, using the same alcohol-based make-up that caused severe discomfort while shooting the first film.

* FandomNod: Stan Lee [[spoiler:chatting with a bunch of Watchers obviously references the fan-theory that he's Uatu from the comics.]]

* CreatorProvincialism: Star-Lord, like director James Gunn, hails from Missouri. (in the comics, Peter Quill was born in Colorado instead)

* 8. "Brandy(You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass