After yesterday’s big Marvel Cinematic Universe news blitz – which included our very first look at Avengers: Age of Ultron – Stitch Kingdom has unearthed details of surprise cameos for Guardians of the Galaxy, including Nathan Fillion and Stan Lee’s roles, as well as a couple of familiar faces from the Marvel comic book universe. If you don’t mind being spoiled, read on below….
So, according to the final credits for the movie, Stan Lee is set to play ‘Zandarian Ladies Man’, Nathan Fillion is portrayed ‘Monstrous Inmate’, Rob Zombie is lending his voice to ‘Ravager Navigator Voice’, director James Gunn pulls a Hitchcock with ‘Maskless Sakaaran’ and Fred the dog appears as Cosmo. However, that’s not all, as the site reports that Howard the Duck will appear (stemming from a credit to co-creators Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik). Yes, that’s Howard the Duck…
Looks like our old April Fool’s Day gag wasn’t too wide of the mark…
Guardians of the Galaxy is set for release on July 31st in the UK and August 1st in North America, with a cast that includes Chris Pratt (The Lego Movie) as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana (Star Trek Into Darkness) as Gamora, Dave Bautista (Riddick) as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) as Rocket Raccoon, Vin Diesel (Fast & Furious 6) as Groot, Benicio Del Toro (Sin City) as The Collector, Lee Pace (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) as Ronan the Accuser, Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) as Nebula, Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) as Korath, John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) as Rhomman Dey, Michael Rooker (The Walking Dead) as Yondu, Glenn Close (Damages) as Nova Prime Rael and Josh Brolin (Men in Black 3) as Thanos. Watch the latest trailer here.
Originally published July 17, 2014. Updated January 18, 2020.
