Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

3 director James Gunn teased the MCU’s “cruelest” villain to date.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 High Evolutionary Thanos Killmonger

3will reportedly bring theMCU’scruelest villain ever in theHigh Evolutionary, as teased by directorJames Gunn.

3, director/writer James Gunn shared new details on Chukwudi Iwuji’s High Evolutionary.

So you get to see how he negatively impacts Rocket, his little friends."

High Evolutionary in Guardians 3

Iwuji also spoke withBlackTree TValongside co-starWill Poulterabout his villain, sharing some insight into how he played the role.

But that was something that James and I knew we weren’t going to do with this guy.

We were going to ride it until the end."

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As opposed to me striving to draw that from the audience.

So I really enjoyed commenting to the zealotry and the narcissism and the single-mindedness of the character."

So James told me right at the start, ‘Ground this character.’

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Will Have ‘Sociopathic’ Main Villain

And I grounded him in that way."

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Moving toward the end of theInfinity Saga, fans saw that same brutality withJosh Brolin’sThanos.

First Look at Guardians of the Galaxy 3’s Scary Main Villain Revealed (Photos)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

3isset to debut in theaters on Friday, May 5.

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