--- title: Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Wants James Gunn Reinstated description: The Guardians of the Galaxy cast has released an open letter calling for the reinstatement of James Gunn in the wake of his firing. canonical: https://time.com/5353136/guardians-of-the-galaxy-cast-james-gunn-reinstatement/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-30T20:09:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:04.119Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Want Director James Gunn Back og:description: "We fully support James Gunn" og:url: https://time.com/5353136/guardians-of-the-galaxy-cast-james-gunn-reinstatement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7efa553697502d1/69869e37810bbbce71c92dc2/3650073-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hi-res-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: From left: Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) and Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy." og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Guardians of the Galaxy Cast Want Director James Gunn Back twitter:description: "We fully support James Gunn" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7efa553697502d1/69869e37810bbbce71c92dc2/3650073-guardians-of-the-galaxy-hi-res-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Cast Calls for Reinstatement of Director James Gunn > Sponsored content. 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Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy."Marvel  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 30, 2018 8:09 PM UTC The [_Guardians of the Galaxy_](http://time.com/4754639/guardians-galaxy-2-post-credit-scenes/)cast has released an open letter calling for the reinstatement of director [James Gunn](http://time.com/5344997/james-gunn-fired-old-tweets/) in the wake of his firing over old tweets in which he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape. Dave Bautista—who plays Drax in the Marvel series—shared a statement signed by himself, Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Sean Gunn (Kraglin), Pom Klementieff (Mantis) and Michael Rooker (Yondu) on Twitter on Monday expressing the cast’s support for Gunn. “To our fans and friends,” the letter begins. “We fully support James Gunn. We were all shocked by his abrupt firing last week and have intentionally waited these ten days to respond in order to think, pray, listen, and discuss. In that time, we’ve been encouraged by the outpouring of support from fans and members of the media who wish to see James reinstated as director of Volume 3 as well as discouraged by those so easily duped into believing the many outlandish conspiracy theories surrounding him.” > [](https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/1023972596147257344) Gunn issued an apology for the tweets on July 20 following his firing that day. “My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative. I have regretted them for many years since — not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don’t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time,” Gunn said in a statement. “Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today. 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