James Gunn Says He’s a Better Person After Being Fired
                     James Gunn Says He’s a Better Per
son After Being Fired
It’s been a roller-coaster year for James Gunn, who was 
fired from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” over old 
tweets in July, and rehired this March. But the writer-
director who shepherded the first two “Guardians” 
films to critical and box office success said the 
experience has been an educational one.
“I’m a better person than I was a year ago,” Gunn told 
The Associated Press on Saturday. “It’s made me more 
creative and focused on the things that really matter 
to me, which are my friends, my relationships and the 
movies that I’m making.” Although even after his 
firing, Gunn didn’t exactly have a fallow period as he 
was hired fairly soon by Marvel’s rival to work on the 
sequel to “Suicide Squad.”
Now, Gunn is fully back in the public eye promoting the 
horror film “Brightburn,” which he produced, and 
resuming work on the third “Guardians” movie. The 
ordeal has made him thankful for his friends who have 
supported him throughout. Actress Elizabeth Banks, who 
stars in “Brightburn,” is one of those in the circle of 
people he can go to.
“There’s a lot of things that people talk about Hollywood-
cutthroat this and Hollywood-bad that and all the things 
that are terrible about Hollywood. But the truth is ... I 
have one really good gift ... I’m attracted to really good 
people and I have chosen to put wonderful people 
around me, whether it’s the actors I work with, the crew 
members I work with, my, you know, the writers I would 
deal with, the studio people I deal with,” Gunn said.
The 52-year-old found himself under intense scrutiny 
last year when tweets from nearly a decade ago in 
which he joked about subjects such as pedophilia and 
rape resurfaced because of far-right propagandists Mike 
Cernovich and Jack Posobiec after James Gunn was 
critical of President Donald Trump. Gunn apologized for 
his tweets, but Walt Disney Co. chairman Alan Horn 
said that they were inconsistent with the studio’s 
values.
Both fans and his cast including Chris Pratt, Bradley 
Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel and other stars rallied 
behind him in the wake of the firing last July.
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