James Gunn is responsible for plenty of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's funniest moments, but a barrage of references from fans has pushed him to regret one Guardians of the Galaxy joke.
Gunn recently took to Twitter to lament the constant references he's subjected to from fans. One joke in particular, which features Drax announcing "I've mastered the ability of standing so incredibly still that I become invisible to the eye," has become irritating to Gunn. He says the jokes have only become more constant and more annoying since he began collaborating with John Cena, whose WWE entrance theme includes the now-infamous line "You can't see me, my time is now." Gunn says hearing the same joke so frequently has made him "almost regret making the joke in the first place."
Gunn is best-known within the MCU for writing and directing both Guardians of the Galaxy films, but Drax's invisibility joke actually comes from a different project entirely. The scene appears in Avengers: Infinity War, which was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Gunn contributed dialogue for the Guardians, who play a major role in the film, in an effort to maintain a sense of congruity with previous MCU entries.
Gunn's collaborations with Cena, which have apparently worsened his relationship with that Infinity War joke, began with 2021's The Suicide Squad. That film, a sequel to (and soft reboot of) 2016's critically reviled Suicide Squad, featured Cena as Peacemaker, a DC character who often toes the line between hero and villain. Like his comics counterpart, Cena's Peacemaker has alternated between conventional good and evil, appearing as something of an antagonist in The Suicide Squad but acting as the protagonist of his own spinoff series, Peacemaker, also written by Gunn.
Irritating jokes haven't been enough to keep Gunn away from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The writer-director will return to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, but before that, he'll head up the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special for Disney+. Gunn has said that he's not sure whether or not he'll stay with either Marvel or DC after those projects.
Both Guardians of the Galaxy films and Avengers: Infinity War are available on Disney+. The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker are streaming on HBO Max.
Source: Twitter