![]() I saw the vanity in the man once I saw myself in the mirror in that costume. There are flat pieces on the front that are so ostentatious and then there are even these silver rings that he wears. “It’s purple and it’s regal and it holds me in a certain way. “Judianna put together all these details ,” Iwuji observes. ![]() 3 crew member, costume designer Judianna Makovsky, helped him find his way into the High Evolutionary. In addition to Sean Gunn’s unseen contributions to the film, Iwuji is quick to note just how much the work of another Vol. But having someone that could actually grab hold and come back at me as I looked into his eyes was so helpful for those scenes.” Working with Sean was a big part of the process for me because I, of course, already had a strong image of what Rocket was going to look like in the film. “Those scenes wouldn’t be what they were if all I had was a tennis ball or a stuffed version of Rocket to act against. He just broke my heart and allowed me to be present in those scenes,” Iwuji reveals. “The secret weapon was Sean, who’s a phenomenal actor with great dramatic range. Fortunately, Iwuji says Gunn’s presence and talent made it easier for him to dig into the emotions of his scenes with Rocket. 3 acting opposite the film’s Rocket stand-in, Kraglin actor Sean Gunn. That meant Iwuji spent many of his scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Once he arrived on the film’s set, Iwuji was presented with another set of challenges - namely, the fact that his most frequent screen partner, Rocket Raccoon, doesn’t physically exist. 3, Chukwudi Iwuji is quick to give credit to his collaborators. When asked about the intensity of his performance in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. There’s a section in that that’s all about forgiveness and there’s a section in it that just breaks you, and I would just listen to it over and over again.” “There’s a grandiose solitude in everything from Don Giovanni to my favorite, which was The Marriage of Figaro. “There’s a certain way he’s introduced and a certain type of music that he listens to, and that gave me the permission to go back and find my favorite arias and operas,” Iwuji recalls. 3’s heroes, who most often listen to classic American rock and pop jams, Iwuji was inspired by the High Evolutionary’s own taste to listen to mostly “grandiose,” classical music during his preparation for the film. In true Guardians of the Galaxy fashion, Iwuji says that he often found his way into his eccentric, hateful Marvel villain’s mind by listening to certain songs on repeat. He does such awful things that he needs to be recognizable.’ That was my remit as the character.” “I remember him specifically saying, ‘I need you to ground this guy because he needs to be grounded. “I remember James said to me that he loves this character, but he also hates this character and that he needed me to ground him,” Iwuji revealed in a recent interview with Inverse. 3 villain and, in particular, the trick that Gunn needed Iwuji to pull off if they wanted to get their take on the High Evolutionary right. While it’s been quite some time since he was cast as the character, Iwuji still remembers the early conversation he had with Gunn about the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Chukwudi Iwuji brings to life one of the most memorable and despicable villains in the history of the MCU.Ĭhukwudi Iwuji had already worked with James Gunn on Peacemaker when the chance to play the High Evolutionary in the filmmaker’s final MCU effort came his way. 3, says he knew early on that his biggest responsibility was to “ground” the villain as much as he could. With that in mind, actor Chukwudi Iwuji, who makes his MCU debut as the character in Vol. His relationship with Rocket makes the High Evolutionary one of the most despicable villains that has ever been brought to life in the MCU. Over the course of its runtime, the film follows Rocket and the High Evolutionary as their traumatic connection leads them both toward an inevitable reunion. Specifically, it’s revealed that it was the High Evolutionary who conducted the torturous experiments on Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) that turned the cantankerous superhero into who he is today. 3 does make one major change to the High Evolutionary. On both the page and the big screen, for instance, the character is a brilliant, vain scientist who is obsessed with understanding and mastering the complex mysteries of genetics and evolution.ĭespite all these similarities, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s version of the High Evolutionary isn’t all that different from his comic book counterpart. The character has been a recurring Marvel Comics antagonist ever since he was first created back in the mid-1960s and, in many ways, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans finally get to meet the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji).
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