James Gunn responds to claims Vin Diesel was paid $54m for Marvel role

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Vin Diesel has been shrouded in rumours he was paid a whopping $54 million to voice Groot in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy.

Filmmaker James Gunn finally spoke out to set the record straight on the claims that began circulating among fans years ago.

Gunn took to Twitter back in April to clarify the Dominic Toretto actor had not received that specific amount for his portrayal.

He replied to a tweet showing a screenshot of an article that claimed Diesel was paid the astounding amount for just saying the words “I am Groot” all the time.

Alongside a laughing emoji, he simply penned: “Not true.”

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 was released back in May, after much anticipation from fans of the franchise.

The latest instalment features Kraglin, who was the right-hand man of Yondu throughout GotG and GotG Vol 2, at the helm of the superhero line-up.

Looking back on bringing Kraglin into the fold, director James Gunn explained how he initially felt as if the character was not going to be a key player in the mythos, until the writing process.

Gunn previously confessed in an interview with Collider that he really didn’t expect to be bringing Kraglin to the front of the series.

“The most different was Kraglin,” he said. “Because he was just the first mate who I gave a name to and I didn’t know that he was going to become such a main part of the Guardians of the Galaxy.”

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He added that he “never would have thought” Kraglin was going to be on one of the main Guardians of the Galaxy promotional posters.

“That just kind of developed,” Gunn went on, before referencing the acting prowess of his brother, Sean Gunn, who plays Kraglin.

Sean Gunn was brought into the Guardians of the Galaxy series as an on-set stand-in for Rocket Raccoon. Although Bradley Cooper voices the hero on the big screen, all of the physical work is done by Sean.

As a result, James Gunn confessed, this worked in their favour. “Also,” he went on. “Because it was cheaper. Because we already had hired Sean for Rocket, and so we saved money by also giving him another character.”

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