James Gunn hits back at netizen commenting on Guardians of Galaxy 3 actor's race

American filmmaker James Gunn recently came out in  defence of his Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3 villain played by Chukwudi Iwuji after latter faced some racist remarks from a social media user. On Monday, Gunn posted a photo of Iwuji dressed as his character from upcoming Marvel film, and captioned it, "Can’t wait for you all to meet this guy."

A social media user instantly took to comments section and accused makers of using "race card" to pick villains or characters in MCU film. 

Instagram user commented, "Damnit…ar white guy y made into a black guy. Why couldn’t y just leave him white or i dont kw…pick a different mirity? How about Asian or gasp! A Lati? (how many Latis and Asians in MCU? Like total of 5??) Or make him an Indian or something…because y don’t and won’t, that makes m ‘woke.' Next time, a major character (hero/villain) will be a trans or homosexual or n-binary (when in comics y are t). Sad and patic. y’re picking based on race and what’s PC and t on acting and what’s established."

James replied back to user and said that he chose actor who was best suited for role and he does t care which race person belongs to. director's comment read, "I chose best actor, period, and best person for role. I don’t give a s**t what ethnicity Chukwudi Iwuji is, so stop with your racist presumptions on WHY he was chosen. (And, by way, he’s playing a guy who’s almost always purple in colour.)"

Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3 being end of trilogy

Marvel Studios Guardians of Galaxy Vol. 3 will mark end of franchise. It will release on 5 May 2023. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, and more will return for latest installment. cast wrapped up filming for threequel in May 2022.