James Gunn's Disney Firing: Director Explains How Marvel Actors 'Saved' Him After Exit

James Gunn was disheartened when Disney fired him, but the director revealed how the Guardians of the Galaxy cast "saved" him.

On July 20, 2018, James Gunn got a call from a shocked Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirming that Gunn was fired by "the powers that be" at Disney as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The reason for his firing was the resurfacing of several decade-old crude jokes he had made on Twitter.

Thankfully, Warner Bros. snapped up Gunn three months later to direct The Suicide Squad. Then, five months after that, Marvel Studios hired Gunn back to direct his threequel after a massive campaign from fans and MCU actors.

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