The director James Gunn came out in defense of Chris Pratt on social networks, after some netizens asked that the interpreter of Peter Quill in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise was re-scaled. According to them, the current MCU star would be attending Hillsong Church, an institution with openly anti-LGBTQIA+ positions. But the assumption was denied by Gunn.

“Marvel, listen to me. Just replace it”, wrote a fan on Twitter. In the post is a photo of Pratt and Patrick Wilson (“Aquaman 2”), as a candidate for the role of Star-Lord. In response, Gunn wrote: “Why? Because of your made-up and totally false beliefs about him? For something someone else said about him that isn’t true? Chris Pratt would never be replaced as Star-Lord, but if he was, we would all go with him.”. Check out:

Marvel. Hear me out. Just… replace him. pic.twitter.com/g4pfZ9ni7s

— meghan 2.0「she/her」 (@themeghanlodon_) April 24, 2022

In another post on the social network, another user recalled the call from Pratt to the LGBTQphobic church. And, once again defending the actor, James Gunn revealed to know the organization attended by him. “He is not [membro da Hillsong]. I know the church he currently attends. You know? (The answer is no, but you’ve heard from someone who’s heard from someone who’s heard from someone what church he attends, so you decided, ‘yeah, okay, I’m going to believe this awful thing I heard online about this celebrity!’)”, declared. Look:

It isn’t. I know the church he currently goes to. Do you? (The answer is you don’t, but you heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from someone where he goes to church, so decided, “yeah, okay, I’ll believe this terrible thing I heard online about this celebrity! ”)

—James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 25, 2022

Even with an official synopsis not yet released, the year will be full of news involving the group, far beyond “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”. They are also set to appear in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which opens on July 8, 2022, and the Baby Groot will star in a series of shorts for Disney+, where the Guardians Christmas special will also be released.

The projects will count on the return of Chris Pratt how Peter Quill, Zoe Saldana how Gamora, Karen Gillan how nebula, Dave Bautista how Drax and Pom Klementieff how mantis and must schedule the last meeting of the original group.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is slated to hit theaters in 2023, but doesn’t have a specific date yet.