Karen Gillandidn’t plan to become an action star; it just sort of happened.
“So I had to rise to that challenge.”
Did you pick up any new skills?
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KAREN GILLAN:Yeah, I can use nunchucks now!
I didn’t think that would ever be in the cards for me!
I was really pleased that they pushed me to rise to the occasion.
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We also see the return ofRuby’s dance-fighting.
For you, what’s the secret to a good dance-fight?
I think the secret of a good dance-fight is you’ve gotta be really violent.
Music’s blasting, and you’ve got to enjoy yourself while beating up men.
That’s the dream: having fun and beating up men.
That’s what life’s all about!
But it wound up being such a success.
Did you feel more at ease coming back for the sequel?
I suppose so, only because we all got more comfortable between movies.
I always felt like it was in safe hands, though.
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I kind of had the same reaction as everyone else.
It was kind of the perfect blend.
This movie takes you out of the jungle and into the desert and the snow.
What was the most difficult location you shot in?
I would say that was probably on the snowy mountain in Calgary.
Just even to get up to the top of the mountain was an ordeal.
There was at one point a blizzard coming towards us, and we had to finish the scene.
So we were up against the elements.
You also obviously reunite with Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Dwayne Johnson.
What’s something about them that the rest of the world doesn’t know?
Jack never stops singing, but I can’t imagine that’s surprising.
Dwayne and Kevin are on social media a lot, and it’s the real deal.
The guys you see on social media are the guys they are when the cameras turn off.
Was there a particularly a memorable day on set?
I loved my dance-fight just because I really got to kick some ass.
I’ve done a lot of action films now, which is not something I ever anticipated for myself.
Using nunchucks, they’re really difficult!
You really have done a lot of action, between this and theGuardiansfilms.
Action was just something you stumbled into?
I completely stumbled into it.
I grew up in the top of Scotland doing theater.
So no, I hadn’t anticipated it.
And IthinkI might be there now.
I would choose… the theme song from2001: A Space Odyssey.
[Laughs] I just think it sounds so dramatic that it would be hilarious.
More of an interpretive dance-fight.
You’ve had such a pretty busy year, between this andAvengers: Endgame.
Is it nice to finally be able to talk aboutEndgame, now that it’s out in the world?
It’s amazing because we worked on it for such a long time.
It was such an event movie, and I had such a good experience on it.
I love my character.
That made me really excited and honored that they would devote time in the movie to that.
Because when you first signed on toGuardians, Nebula was a pretty small character, right?
I was supposed to film for eight days, and then I was scripted to die.
[Laughs] Then I got to come back for the secondGuardians, and that was a bigger role.
She helps save the world.
So I knew there was all this good stuff.
But I never knew whether that was going to make it to the screen or not.
I really hoped it did, and tried to inject it where I could with the character.
You have the thirdGuardians of the Galaxymovie coming up withJames Gunn returning to direct.
How is that process going?
I don’t know when we’re shooting it, but I think soon!
We’re hoping so.
But I’ve read the script, and I think it’s incredible.
I think it’s going to top the trilogy.
