In the days following Disney’s decision to fire director James Gunn from “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” in response to offensive tweets from several years ago, several of his closest collaborators have spoken up in his support, including “Guardians” stars Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, and Chris Pratt. Over the weekend, one of Gunn’s oldest collaborators added his voice to the fray: B-movie mainstay Lloyd Kaufman, whose Troma Studios employed Gunn early in his career, beginning with his screenplay for 1995’s “Tromeo and Juliet.”
On Saturday, Kaufman posted a brief video to his Twitter account from San Diego Comic-Con, which the 72-year-old filmmaker clutched a doll based on the lead character from his film “The Toxic Avenger.” In the 15-second video, Kaufman called Gunn “the nicest, most generous, talented, and decent person I’ve known in my 50 years of making movies.” However, in a longer version of the...
On Saturday, Kaufman posted a brief video to his Twitter account from San Diego Comic-Con, which the 72-year-old filmmaker clutched a doll based on the lead character from his film “The Toxic Avenger.” In the 15-second video, Kaufman called Gunn “the nicest, most generous, talented, and decent person I’ve known in my 50 years of making movies.” However, in a longer version of the...
- 7/23/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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