Director James Gunn previews the other huge cameo in Disney+'s TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial that he was excited to feature: 'So the whole thing was really a joy.'
James Gunn explains a major musical cameo in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The Marvel Cinematic Universe's first seasonal Special Presentation was the Halloween-themed Werewolf By Night, which premiered in October of this year. As the director of the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films, Gunn brought the lovable galactic team to the MCU and is set to complete his trilogy with Guardians of the Galaxy. Vol. 3 next year.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY The trailer for The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special revealed a major guest star with Kevin Bacon's appearance, paying off several jokes about the actor from the films and continuing the franchise's tradition of pop culture references. Featuring many familiar faces from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, the special will introduce Maria Bakalova as Cosmo the Spacedog while also featuring a surprise appearance from the alt-country band Old 97's.
"[The Old 97's have] been my favorite band since the ‘90s, and I’ve seen them in concert a billion times. I met [lead vocalist] Rhett Miller in 2005 because I put an Old 97’s song at the end of Slither, my first movie. It plays over the end credits, and Rhett and I have stayed in touch ever since then. And so I started writing this song for the beginning [of the special], 'I Don’t Know What Christmas Is .' So I had all these lyrics for it, and it kept changing.
A second layer of comedy embedded in Quill's frequent mentions of Earth culture come from the fact that he was abducted in 1988, which means most of his confident opinions and knowledge about Earth's media are specific to the 1980s. Quill is an admirer of Bacon due to the latter's role in Footloose, which is why Drax and Mantis seek to kidnap the actor in order to cheer up their friend for the holiday special.
While Quill's nostalgia for his time on Earth is part of the reason for the franchise's references to pop culture, another factor plays an even bigger role. Given the celestial setting of the films and the many alien characters in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, the films run the risk of disorienting and confusing viewers if they don't have something to latch onto.
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