In new footage for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Chris Pratt appears to drop the MCU‘s first true F-bomb in franchise history.
While Ryan Reynolds cursed his way through a fair amount of Deadpool and Deadpool 2, all of the MCU’s near-F-bombs have been censored, cut off, or removed from the script entirely. In fact, recently, the last option happened to an F-word in an early script for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, said by Riri Williams.
Notoriously, both Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home had F-words cut off by credits, and Iron Man 2 had F-bombs bleeped out under the guise of it being presented as part of a fake C-SPAN broadcast.
Guardians franchise director, James Gunn, however, has used F-bombs in non-MCU projects like The Suicide Squad, helping add an extra layer of comedy to the given work.
Now, he brought the MCU its first utterance of the ellusive swear with Guardians 3.
Star-Lord Drops the F-Bomb!
In a newly released clip from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, fans get a tease at the MCU’s first official F-bomb thanks to Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord.
The new clip shows the team trying to get into a small car, and while Peter Quill and Groot can get in just fine, Mantis, Drax and Nebula appear to be locked out.
Peter tries to instruct Nebula through the closed car window how to unlock that side, with both characters getting increasingly frustrated with the communication block between them.
At around 34 seconds into the clip, in a moment of frustration, Peter says “open the [CENSORED] door!” Despite the bleeping out of the curse word, Pratt’s mouth is visibly saying the f-word, implying the censoring will not be present in the actual cut of the film.
While there is some bite to Peter’s exclamation, the f-bomb does not appear to be said with malicious intent toward Nebula, seeming to be a comfortable, though admittedly anger-filled, way of communicating his frustration. Nebula does not appear phased by the word, either, implying no hard feelings about its use.
While often associated with R-rated films, the f-word can be used occasionally in PG-13 movies, such as Guardians 3. In fact, the film’s PG-13 rating, according to IMDb, is due to “intense sequences of violence and action, strong language, suggestive/drug references and thematic elements,” with “strong language” being clear in this new footage.
The full clip can be seen below:
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