Vin Diesel's Groot Salary Report Gets Debunked by Marvel Director

James Gunn debunked a claim about how much Vin Diesel is paid for his salary to play Groot in the MCU.

Diesel has voiced the anthropomorphic tree since the character's cinematic debut in Guardians of the Galaxy, and has voiced all the differently aged Groots in each of the character's appearances since — including the character's brief cameo in Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Though only saying the words "I am Groot," (or "we are Groot," on one memorable occasion), Diesel received scripts with each utterance translated into English — scripts also given to those playing characters meant to understand his speech.

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