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Sylvester Stallone on what drew him to the MCU for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

April 25, 2017 by Samuel Brace

With the confirmation of Stallone’s character in the hotly anticipated Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 coming earlier this month, many are eager to see just what the Marvel Cinematic Universe has in store for one of the industry’s biggest icons.

Well, in a recent press conference promoting the film, Stallone had his say on just what the MCU means to fans of today, and compared it to the Joseph Campbell-like stories that he was once enamoured with.

“Early on in my career I became fascinated with mythology. Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces, and so on and so forth. When I started doing Rambo, [I came to understand] there’s an evolution that takes place. Every generation has to find itself, define its own heroes, define its own mythology. And [the MCU] is this generation’s– and maybe even the next generation’s– mythology. And when Kevin Feige invited me on board I said, ‘This is interesting because I haven’t gone here. I’m kind of Earth-bound. I’m terrestrial. This is something that takes place in a whole other sphere where James and the Marvel people have created their own world, their own reality. So I said, ‘Yeah, let me visit. Let me drop in here and see what’s up, where the future is going.’ And it was great. It got me out of the house [away] from my three daughters. And that’s why I gave them my salary back.”

Stallone certainly isn’t wrong here – the trends are always changing, and Marvel superheroes are certainly fulfilling a role that others once did. And Sly definitely seems pleased with his trip to the MCU, which hopefully bodes well for his soon to be seen performance.

SEE ALSO: Read our review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 here

SEE ALSO: SPOILERS: And the post-credit scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are…

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is scheduled for release on April 28th 2017 in the UK and on May 5th in the States, with director James Gunn reuniting with returning cast members Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Michael Rooker (Yondu), Glenn Close (Nova Prime), Sean Gunn (Kraglin) and Laura Haddock (Meredith Quill) alongside new additions Pom Klementieff (Oldboy) as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) as Ayesha, Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight) as Ego the Living Planet, Chris Sullivan (The Drop) as Taserface, Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy) as Tulik, Sylvester Stallone (Creed) as Stakar and Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville) in an as-yet-unrevealed role.

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sylvester Stallone

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