Although Disney`s firing of writer/director James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 was fast and sudden, most of the movie`s cast took their time in responding to the controversy. Dave Bautista was quick to condemn the decision, but his co-stars waited more than a week to issue a joint-statement on the matter, in which they offered Gunn their support. Now Chris Pratt, who plays lead character Peter Quill in the Marvel series, has spoken further about Gunn`s dismissal.In an interview with the Associated Press, Pratt said that the situation was `complicated.` Gunn was fired after old tweets that saw the director joking about topics such as pedophilia and rape resurfaced online.`It`s not an easy time,` Pratt said. `We all love James and he`s a good friend of ours, but we also really love playing the Guardians of the Galaxy. It`s a complicated situation for everybody. And you know, we just want to move forward and do what`s right and be the best people we can be.`Pratt went on to discuss last month`s Comic-Con, at which he kept an unsurprisingly low profile. `I love going to Comic-Con but I ended up not doing a lot of interviews around that time just because it was so shocking,` he said. `All I know is we put a lot of time, thought, and effort into the statement that we released about it. And I think we all kind of want that statement to be essentially what we have to say about it. And we were pretty clear and honest about how we feel.`Pratt`s comments follow rumors last week that Disney and Marvel have had unofficial conversations about rehiring Gunn back for the third Guardians movie. Sources for Deadline stated that `the Marvel contingent is trying to persuade Disney to explore a compromise that might bring Gunn back.` While the movie has never officially been given a release date, it was reportedly set to start production in February 2019 ahead of a 2020 release.In contrast to Pratt`s more measured comments, Bautista has been far more outspoken about Gunn ...
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