“Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” star Pom Klementieff (Mantis) opened up about her chemistry with Dave Bautista (Drax the Destroyer) and what it meant for the whole cast to say goodbye with James Gunn as their director. The Marvel actress also told Narcity’s Josh Elliott about how the famous “GOTG” mixtapes come together.
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00:00 It was very emotional, you know, we just all looked at each other and thought it might be the last time we play the characters together, you know.
00:08 Bonjour, Pam, how are you?
00:20 Bonjour, I'm good, and you?
00:22 Good. Listen, I gotta say congratulations. You know, obviously, it's great to wrap up anything on your own terms, but
00:29 you guys really fought to make sure that James would be part of this as well, and I know it wasn't always a guarantee that he was.
00:34 What did it mean to you to be able to say goodbye in the right way with James Gunn a part of it as well?
00:39 It was so beautiful and meaningful, and it's the trilogy as James Gunn imagined it, you know?
00:46 He had planned everything in his head since the beginning, and it was his beautiful vision of the characters and
00:54 of the story, you know, and it was beautiful in this volume three to dive into
01:00 into Rocket's backstory and all the trauma he's been through. But actually, all the Guardians
01:06 have been through a lot of trauma, you know, but it's beautiful because they all connect in such
01:11 a deep way, and they just all kind of save themselves by being together and sticking with each other, you know?
01:19 Yeah, and they do such a good job of pairing the cast up with people that they can play off of well,
01:25 and I think, you know, Mantis and Drax are such a great dynamic in this. You obviously have great
01:29 chemistry with Dave Bautista. What was it like to build that connection, especially after starting
01:33 it so strongly with the Christmas special as well? Oh my god, we had so much fun in the holiday special,
01:40 and we actually shot it at the same time as Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. So, you know, it
01:45 was funny because Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has a deeper tone, you know, like darker,
01:52 and the holiday special was just like, you know, so it was just like going to like so many emotions.
01:57 But yeah, no, it was awesome to get to work with Dave and to... I love the dynamic
02:06 between Mantis and Drax, you know? It's so sweet to play, it's so funny, and they're just buddies,
02:12 and yeah, and sometimes like, you know, Dave calls her like horrible names, but he's just funny,
02:18 you know? I love that.
02:20 Peter, you know this is an open line, right? What?
02:23 We're listening to everything you're saying. And it is painful. And you're just telling me now?
02:28 We were hoping it would stop on its own. But I switched it over to private. What color button
02:32 did you push? Blue, for the blue suit. Oh no. Blue was the open line for everyone. Orange is for blue.
02:38 What? Black is for orange. Yellow is for green. Green is for red, and red is for yellow. No,
02:44 yellow is for yellow. Green is for red, red is for green. I don't think so. Try it then.
02:48 Hello! You were right.
02:54 But it was beautiful at the same time. You know, it's beautiful to have these emotions
02:58 and to care for each other, you know? And we're all friends in real life as well, so
03:04 yeah, that was beautiful.
03:06 Well, and you guys always bring the fun, and music and dancing is such a big part of the
03:10 Guardians franchise in general. What's it like to be in the room and to be part of one of those
03:15 dance parties? Because they look like a great time.
03:17 Oh yeah, it was great. I mean, I don't... Do I dance in the movie? Oh yeah, at the beginning,
03:21 yeah. The music is such an important part of the movie, and it's so amazing how James Gunn
03:31 chooses each music for each moment, and he sends us, in the script, the songs are already written
03:40 into the script, and then he, before starting to shoot the movie, he sent us a mixtape, you know,
03:47 playlist with all the songs of the movie. So we just like, you know, listen to the music,
03:52 dream about the scenes, and then shoot the scene, and he would play the music on set sometimes,
03:58 and yeah, it was amazing.
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