Guardians of the Galaxy - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Guardians of the Galaxy or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Guardians of the Galaxy

[jesus]

Jason Momoa was offered to play Drax the Destroyed but declined. He later played Aquaman in the DC Cinematic Universe.

[jesse]

HIDDEN MICKEY: When the Guardians arrive on Knowhere to sell the sphere, the roof of the Collector's club looks like the Mickey Mouse ears available at Disney parks.

[lena]

According to James Gunn, Ronan's ship, the Dark Aster, is designed after a mausoleum: "It's minimal and brutal, a stark gray colorless world devoid of any set dressing whatsoever, and relying purely on its heavy concrete-like architecture to convey its tone and function."

[tom]

The basic strategy the heroes employ with their spaceships (trying to hold off the enemy before he makes it to the ground) was inspired by Space Invaders (1981).

[cassandra]

At the beginning of the movie, when Young Quill is listening to his music, two mini flags can be seen; one is the United States flag and the other is the Missouri state flag, indicating Quill's current location.

[frances]

Seth Green: The voice of Howard the Duck, who appeared in the Collector's laboratory in the post-credit scene.

[caroline]

The first letters of exactly half of the titles on the soundtrack anagram to "comics" or "cosmic." Marvel often uses the word "cosmic" when referring to events that take place away from Earth.

[sylvia]

Gunn confirmed in May 2013 that Hugh Laurie, Alan Rickman, and Ken Watanabe were being looked at for a role other than Ronan or Corpsman Dey. Given that Ronan and each of the Guardians were already cast, it is possible that they were considered for the role of Thanos. Watanabe had previously played the fake Ra'as Al Ghul in Batman Begins (2005).

[frederick]

The Collector's residence in the film is the space station Knowhere. In the comics, Knowhere is the base of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

[addison]

James Gunn wanted to have Rom the Space Knight pop up in the movie, but was unable to do so because Marvel did not have the rights to use the character (it is currently owned by Hasbro after it acquired Parker Brothers).

[maureen]

At one point, Quill calls Rocket "Ranger Rick", a reference to the long-running children's nature magazine which features a cartoon raccoon with that name.

[tammy]

The first film of 2014 to cross the $300 million mark in the U.S.

[francisco]

James Gunn has confirmed, via Twitter, that Peter Quill's ship in the film is named The Milano after Alyssa Milano, Peter Quill's childhood crush.

[ivan]

This film features two of five Doctor Who (2005) stars to have roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Karen Gillan and Peter Serafinowicz were in the series, as well as Christopher Eccleston (Thor: The Dark World (2013)) and Toby Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) (which also included Jenna Coleman) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)).

[harry]

Rachel Nichols was also considered for the role of Gamora, which eventually went to Zoe Saldana. Both actresses appeared in Star Trek (2009), in which Rachel's character Gaila was also green in color, like Gamora.

[lonnie]

When we first see Bereet (Melia Kreiling) aboard the Milano, she is wearing the t-shirt young Peter (Wyatt Oleff) was wearing when he was abducted from Terra (Earth).

[kim]

According to the filmmakers, Rocket Raccoon in this film is a unique product of experimentation: "He's a little animal who was taken and experimented on and pulled apart and put back together again and implanted with cybernetics and he's half-machine and half-raccoon, and he's a gnarled, miserable, angry creature because there's nothing else like him, and that's something not easy to be."

[nicholas]

The seven-pointed flame emblem the Ravagers have on their clothes was originally the emblem of the original seven members of the 2008 "Guardians of the Galaxy" Marvel comic, upon which this film is based.

[kristen]

During the escape scene, one of the guards says that "the animal is in control", in reference to Rocket, before he is tackled by Drax (Dave Bautista). Bautista's WWE nickname was "The Animal".