{"id":3807,"date":"2018-08-05T16:18:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/08\/05\/kurt-russell-defends-james-gunn-i-think-were-getting-a-little-too-sensitive\/"},"modified":"2018-08-05T16:18:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:18:42","slug":"kurt-russell-defends-james-gunn-i-think-were-getting-a-little-too-sensitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/08\/05\/kurt-russell-defends-james-gunn-i-think-were-getting-a-little-too-sensitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Russell Defends James Gunn: \u2018I Think We\u2019re Getting a Little Too Sensitive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the entire main cast of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/guardians-of-the-galaxy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_guardians-of-the-galaxy\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a>&#8221; signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/07\/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy-letter-james-gunn-volume-3-1201989310\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter<\/a> in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/james-gunn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-gunn\">James Gunn<\/a>, who was fired from the franchise by Disney after offensive tweets from years past resurfaced, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/kurt-russell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kurt-russell\">Kurt Russell<\/a> has added his voice to the chorus. Russell, who had a supporting role in &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,&#8221; said last night that he thinks &#8220;we&#8217;re getting a little too sensitive&#8221; and that he hopes Gunn is forgiven.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/disney-wont-rehire-james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-1201990164\/\" title=\"Disney Won\u2019t Rehire James Gunn on \u2018Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,\u2019 Despite Cast Wanting to Reinstate Him \u2014 Report\">Disney Won\u2019t Rehire James Gunn on \u2018Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,\u2019 Despite Cast Wanting to Reinstate Him \u2014 Report<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad. But it\u2019s a part of our fabric now and I get it,\u201d Russell told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/guardians-actor-kurt-russell-defends-james-gunn-i-think-were-getting-a-little-too-sensitive-1202895475\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Variety<\/a>. \u201cBut I do think we\u2019re getting a little too sensitive on maybe some of the wrong people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to realize that when you are in that world as a comedian, a writer, whatever you\u2019re always stretching the boundaries and trying to find something which lead him to something that the world loves, which is \u2018Guardians of the Galaxy,&#8217;\u201d Russell added. \u201cHe has a wonderful heart and a wonderful mind. I hope he is forgiven.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/07\/chris-pratt-guardians-of-the-galaxy-letter-james-gunn-volume-3-1201989310\/\" title=\"Chris Pratt and the Entire \u2018Guardians\u2019 Cast Sign Open Letter Supporting James Gunn and Fans Who Want Him Rehired for \u2018Vol. 3\u2019\">Chris Pratt and the Entire \u2018Guardians\u2019 Cast Sign Open Letter Supporting James Gunn and Fans Who Want Him Rehired for \u2018Vol. 3\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Guardians&#8221; star Dave Bautista was among the first to go on the record in support of Gunn, even before he and his fellow cast mates wrote their letter; in addition, Selma Blair has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/07\/selma-blair-quits-twitter-james-gunn-1201988984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quit Twitter<\/a> in solidarity with the filmmaker and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/07\/james-gunn-petition-disney-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-1201986596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a petition<\/a> was launched calling on Disney to rehire him. In spite of that, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/08\/disney-wont-rehire-james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3-1201990164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> earlier this week that Gunn&#8217;s ouster is likely permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the entire main cast of &#8220;Guardians of the Galaxy&#8221; signed a letter in support of James Gunn, who was fired&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-3807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-Zp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}