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Why This Marvel Actor Wishes She Could Reshoot Her ‘Avengers' Role
Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldaña told Variety that she wishes she could “go back and reshoot” her appearances in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) because she didn’t have the proper context for her character’s position in the MCU.
Saldaña played Gamora, daughter of the evil Thanos, in all three of James Gunn’s Guardians films and the two Avengers installments. While the Avatar star acknowledged that appearing in the Avengers sequels was “the opportunity…of a lifetime,” Saldana wishes she had played the human elements of her role a bit differently.
“I wish I could go back and reshoot what Gamora was going through in the Avengers movies,” she explained. “I was not quite understanding what the Russo Brothers [were doing],” she said of the film’s directors. “They’re excellent filmmakers and the opportunity they gave me was of a lifetime. To highlight Gamora in such a way in their films is something I’ll always be grateful.”
Saldaña continued: “I wish I could go back and redo it so I could push a little harder because it was such a great opportunity to play a daughter having issues with a dad, and whether or not she’s having this opportunity to [reconcile] or to simply just walk away. That would’ve been a great opportunity had I been a little more aware of it then.”
The actor felt lucky to be a part of both the Guardians and Avengers movies despite many turning their noses up at superhero projects. “I know it’s a Marvel movie, and we don’t like to use words like ‘deep’ and ‘Marvel’ in the same sentence, but I like to, and I take great pride in knowing that I was a part of great films that cater to a younger audience and that inspires a younger audience,” Saldaña said.
Still, the actor doesn’t see herself returning to the MCU as Gamora following her departure in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. “Let it be a brown girl to play Gamora,” Saldaña said of recasting the role. “Give that opportunity to a woman of color and see what the new Gamora is going to bring to the table.”
All installments of The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, in addition to all other MCU titles, are streaming on Disney+.