Guardians of the Galaxy Star Quits Twitter After James Gunn's Firing

author - director James Gunn ’s firing over years - old sickening tweets has promptedGuardians of the Galaxystar Michael Rooker to leave office Twitter . Gunn was let go by Disneyon Friday after a number of his tweets , all post before he proceed to work on the firstGuardians of the Galaxyfilm , resurfaced and touched off a firestorm .

Gunn later apologizedfor the tweets , characterizing them as failed attempt at humour , and insist he ’s grown as a person in the intervening years . shielder of the GalaxystarDave Bautista fend for Gunn , and later more cast members also spoke out in favor of the embattled director , including Zoe Saldana and Chris Pratt . As of Sunday afternoon , afan petition call for Disney to re - hire Gunnhad garnered over 65,000 signatures .

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In another demo of solidarity with the ousted Gunn , Guardians of the Galaxystar Michael Rooker suppose on Monday that he is quitting Twitter ( viaCBR ) . Rooker in brief posted tweets explain his determination before deleting his account , leading to the tweets also disappearing . The worker ’s now - deleted command read in part :

This account will be still after today . We ’re very hackneyed & upset over the on-going BULLS – T … neither I nor my repp will use Twitter again . chirrup suck up and I want nothing to do with it . Thank you to all who gave kind word & backing . See you on Instagram .

Rooker first run with Gunn on the director ’s 2006 revulsion movieSlither , then reunited with him for the 2010 legal action comedySuper , the film that more than any other led to Gunn being hired by Disney to adapt Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxyinto a film . Gunn brought Rooker aboardGuardiansas the Ravagers drawing card Yondu , the man responsible for kidnapping Chris Pratt ’s Peter Quill . Rooker come back as Yondu forGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2and played an even bigger part , becoming a focal degree of the game .

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Though Gunn has meet plenty of condemnation for his honest-to-god tweets , many of which reference ravishment and pedophilia , he has also received an outpouring of musical accompaniment not just fromGuardians of the Galaxycast member but the motion-picture show diligence at big . With Gunn at the read/write head ofGuardians of the Galaxyand its sequel , the movie gross $ 1.6 billion worldwide . in short before his firing , Gunnhad completed work on a draftofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3 , which reportedly would be set after the apocalyptic upshot of this year’sAvengers : Infinity War . Disney has thus far given no word on who might take over authorship and conduct chores on the thirdGuardiansfilm now that Gunn has been fired .