Star Trek star Zoe Saldana has been on a press tour to promote her new film "Out of the Furnace." However, it's impossible to be in a Marvel film and not get bombarded with questions about the project. When asked about her upcoming film "Guardians of the Galaxy," the film teased at the end of "Thor 2: The Dark World," Saldana got in depth about her character.
According to IGN, the actress opened up saying, "these characters are absolutely amazing and they have a full blown redemption. So to be able to sink your teeth into such meaty characters and to be a part of such a story that is very unique and obviously has everything that I love: it has space, it has a cooky director, it literally has just cojones."
"I never like to shoot myself in the foot to seem that confident that I may come across as arrogant, but I'm rooting for it, a great deal because it was amazing," she added. "What we shot and we left on the screen there were pretty amazing things and I have a feeling that James [Gunn, the director] is going to capture them very beautifully. I'm happy to have worked with someone like James, because not everyday do you meet somebody that is absolutely who they are and you cannot compare them to anybody else. There's only going to be one James Gunn and I like that."
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is a story that takes place in the same Marvel universe as "The Avengers" and the rest of the Marvel cinematic universe. However, it takes place several years in humanity's future after it has mastered the ability to travel through space.
Saldana will play Gamora. In the comics, this character is the daughter of the villain Thanos (the teaser villain at the end of 'Avengers 1') and the last of her species. Her powers include superhuman strength, agility and an accelerated healing power.
The film is set to release in 2014 and be the last installment in Marvel's phase 2 before the release of the sequel to Joss Whedon's "The Avengers."
