“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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00:00It 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.
00:19Bonjour, Pam, how are you?
00:21Bonjour, I'm good, and you?
00:23Good. Listen, I got to say congratulations. You know, obviously, it's great to wrap up anything on your own terms.
00:29But you guys really fought to make sure that James would be part of this as well.
00:32And I know it wasn't always a guarantee that he was.
00:35What did it mean to you to be able to say goodbye in the right way with James Gunn a part of it as well?
00:40It was so beautiful and meaningful and it's the trilogy as James Gunn imagined it.
00:46You know, he had planned everything in his head since the beginning and it was his beautiful vision of the characters and
00:54and of the story, you know, and
00:56and it was beautiful in this volume three to dive into
01:02into Rocket's backstory and all the trauma he's been through.
01:05But actually all the Guardians have been through a lot of trauma, you know,
01:08but it's beautiful because they all connect in such a deep way and they
01:14they just all kind of save themselves by being together and sticking with each other, you know?
01:20Yeah, and they do such a good job of pairing the cast up with people that they can play off of well
01:25and I think, you know, Mantis and Drax are such a great dynamic in this.
01:28You obviously have great chemistry with Dave Bautista.
01:30What was it like to build that connection, especially after starting it so strongly with the Christmas special as well?
01:36Oh my god.
01:37We had so much fun in the holiday special and we actually shot it at the same time as Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3.
01:44So, you know, it was it was funny because
01:47Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has a deeper tone, you know, like darker and the holiday special was just like
01:54you know, so it was just like going to like so many emotions, but
01:59yeah, it was awesome to get to work with Dave and to
02:04I love the dynamic between Mantis and Drax, you know, it's so sweet to play. It's so funny.
02:11They're just buddies and
02:13yeah, and sometimes like, you know, Dave calls her like horrible names, but it's just funny, you know?
02:20Peter, you know, this is an open line, right?
02:22What?
02:23We're listening to everything you're saying.
02:25And it is painful.
02:27And you're just telling me now?
02:28We were hoping it would stop on its own.
02:30But I switched it over to private.
02:31What color button did you push?
02:33Blue, for the blue suit.
02:34Oh, no.
02:35Blue was the open line for everyone.
02:37Orange is for blue.
02:38What?
02:39Black is for orange, yellow is for green, green is for red, and red is for yellow.
02:44No, yellow is for yellow, green is for red, red is for green.
02:47I don't think so.
02:48Try it then.
02:50Hello!
02:52Yeah!
02:53You were right.
02:54But it was beautiful at the same time.
02:56You know, it's beautiful to have these emotions and to care for each other, you know?
03:02And we're all friends in real life as well.
03:04So yeah, that was beautiful.
03:06Well, and you guys always bring the fun and music and dancing is such a big part of the
03:10Guardians franchise in general.
03:12What's it like to be in the room and to be part of one of those dance parties?
03:15Because they look like a great time.
03:17Oh, yeah, it was great.
03:19Do I dance in the movie?
03:20Oh, yeah, at the beginning, yeah.
03:23The music is such an important part of the movie.
03:27And it's so amazing how James Gunn chooses each music for each moment.
03:35And he sends us, in the script, the songs are already written into the script.
03:41And then before starting to shoot the movie, he sent us a mixtape, you know, a playlist
03:47with all the songs of the movie.
03:49So we just, like, you know, listen to the music, dream about the scenes, and then shoot
03:54the scene.
03:55And he would play the music on set sometimes.
03:58And yeah, it was amazing.
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