James Gunn Hits Back At 'Racist' Troll Criticizing 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Casting
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING James Gunn has no time for “racist” takes on his casting for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” The director replied to an Instagram user who commented on his post touting Chukwudi Iwuji, the British-Nigerian actor cast as the villainous High Evolutionary in the upcoming superhero film. “I don’t give a shit what ethnicity is, so stop with your racist presumptions on WHY he was chosen..” While the character was reportedly first introduced in 1966 as a white Brit, that identity is eradicated when a “genetic accelerator” turns him into an evolved being named High Evolutionary — who has overwhelmingly been drawn as purple ever since. Director James Gunn and actor Chukwudi Iwuji, dressed in character, present footage from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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