Vin Diesel is Groot in James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy." (Photo : Instagram/vindiesel)
"Fast and Furious" actor Vin Diesel has shared his personal request to James Gunn for the upcoming Marvel Comics film "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2."
Diesel voices the humanoid tree, Groot, in Gunn's film. In his interview with IGN, Diesel said that he wanted to see a colossal Groot. The actor also mentioned that he would have loved to put him into a forest and witness how supersized he would be after consuming the forest trees. He had even teased to imagine the humanoid-plant Guardian in New York City's Central Park.
Along with his abilities that had been shown in Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy," Groot was also capable of consuming wood as his food, as well as controlling trees, forming and using plants as weapons, increasing his size, and regenerating. In fact, Groot also had resistance to fire, which would render flamethrowers ineffective, as per Cinema Blend.
With a giant-sized Groot, he could play a vital role should the Guardians of the Galaxy show up in the battle with the Mad Titan Thanos in "Avengers: Infinity War."
Aside from Diesel, "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2" also stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper (voice), Sean Gunn, Karen Gillan, Michael Rooker, and possibly Howard the Duck, among others. Benicio del Toro will also reprise his role as The Collector while the director teased that there would be one Sneeper in the film.
"Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2" is slated to premiere in theaters in United States on May 5, 2017.
