Disney has brought James Gunn back as director-writer of 'Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3' after firing him last summer over offensive, years-old social media posts.
Gunn took responsibility for the now-deleted offensive tweets and explained them in a statement at the time.
Gunn’s offensive tweets were unearthed by people on the right after the “Guardians” director came to the defense of filmmaker Mark Duplass, who himself had been attacked by people on the left for making positive comments about conservative commentator Ben Shapiro., including “Guardians” actor Dave Bautista, Disney couldn’t stomach the situation.
After he was fired, Gunn wrote, “I understand and accept the business decisions …. All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be.”
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