Last night it was reported that director James Gunn has been fired from the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 by Disney, following the resurfacing of tweets he made made several years ago. Now his Guardians star Dave Bautista has weighed in on the subject.Bautista, who plays Drax in the Guardians movies, took to Twitter to comment that he was not happy with the decision to remove Gunn as writer and director of Vol.3. The actor stated that he would have more to say on the subject at a later date, but defended Gunn as `one of the most loving, caring, good natured people I have ever met.` Read his full tweet below:I will have more to say but for right now all I will say is this..@JamesGunn is one of the most loving,caring,good natured people I have ever met. He´s gentle and kind and cares deeply for people and animals. He´s made mistakes. We all have. Im NOT ok with what´s happening to him - Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 21, 2018The tweets that led to Gunn`s dismissal date back almost a decade, and saw the director joking about topics like pedophilia and rape. They resurfaced online via conservative website The Daily Caller, and Disney were quick to sever ties with him. In a statement, Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn said, `The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James` Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio`s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him.`Gunn offered a subsequent statement in which he took responsibility for the tweets and accepted Disney`s decision. `My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,` his statement read. `I have regretted them for many years since--not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don`t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time.`Regardless of how much time has passed, I unde ...
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