Amanda Seyfried in spending the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy: “I thought it would be the first bomb of Marvel”

It is difficult to imagine someone different from Zoe Saldaña playing in Gamora James Gunn’S Guardians of the galaxy. But before Saldaña entered the role, Marvel initially approached Amanda Seyfried To play the character and ended up rejecting him.

Now, years later, Seyfried is opening up on that decision and explained that everything has come to a mix of practical concerns and a serious underestimation of what the film would become great.

By appearing on the Podcast Happy Sad confused, Seyfried reflected on the offer and why in the end he moved away from it.

“I was really afraid of the idea of ​​being blocked and painted in a different color due to the amount of time [it takes]. It was a giant opportunity. I had just met James [Gunn] in person. It is wonderful.

“Apparently, someone said he didn’t remember, but it’s definitely true. I certainly got the offer for this, and I broke up for a couple of days. I didn’t want to live in London for six months a year.

“There was another movie that I really wanted to do with Seth MacFarlane called A million ways to die in the West. It seemed a good opportunity. “

While A million ways to die in the West He did not set fire to the box office, Seyfried is for the decision he made. In addition to the trick process, it simply did not want to get stuck in a long -term commitment if there was no 100%.

“I was at a precarious moment of my career and I didn’t want to suffer from work. Sitting there for four and a half hours every morning seemed that it would not be fun.

“I had done some things from green screen, and then it was not my best or my cup of tea. I didn’t regret anything. I made that decision for me. So it was good for me, and it was nice for me now.”

But the main reason why it passed … simply didn’t think Guardians of the galaxy It would work. At the time, Marvel was on a winning series, but this was a deeply cut film on a talking coat and a sentient tree. Seyfried was not convinced.

“We also remember that being part of the first Marvel film that the bombs are not good for your career. I thought that because it was a talking tree and a talking raccoon that would be the first bomb of Marvel and I and Chris Pratt I would never have worked again. I was wrong! But I was only intelligent. It is not courageous.”

Obviously, Guardians of the galaxy continued to be a great success, turning Chris Pratt In a cinema star in good faith and block Gunn as one of Marvel’s most loved directors.

As for Seyfried, it has yet to take on a comic role, but who knows? Maybe there is still a place for her in the MCU or DCU at a certain point, if she is interested.