The Guardians of the Galaxy have united in support of their leader, James Gunn.

The Guardians of the Galaxy have united in support of their leader, James Gunn.

More Hollywood celebrities have voiced their support for fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. Read their statements here.

The Guardians of the Galaxy have united in support of their leader, James Gunn.

Micheal Rooker, Pom Klementieff and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait are the latest Hollywood stars to come forward in defence of James Gunn, who was fired from directing third Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

The 51-year-old filmmaker was sacked from the third film in the Marvel franchise after a series of old offensive tweets made by him were shared by a right-wing website over the weekend.

Rooker, who played Yondu in Gunn’s film, said he was quitting Twitter over the brouhaha.

“This account will be inactive after today. We’re very tired and upset over the ongoing BULLS**T. neither I nor my rep will use Twitter again. Twitter sucks and I want nothing to do with it. Thank you to all who gave kind words and support. See you on Instagram,” he wrote.

In a lengthy Instagram post, Goldthwait asked Disney to remove his voice from its theme parks to protest his “loyal friend” Gunn’s firing.

“Dear @disney, I would hate for you to come off as hypocritical so I’m suggesting that you remove my voice from an attraction that’s coming to your park. It’s called WORLD OF COLOR - VILLAINOUS, and I reprise the role of Pain, a role I played in HERCULES,” he wrote.

Citing his example, the comic said years ago he had made “a lot of sarcastically shocking and offensive jokes”, of which he is today embarrassed about and that, like Gunn, he is also an open critic of the Trump administration.

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