The Guardians of the Galaxy films stamp in the fun aspect of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. These films also signaled the shift to the larger universe of the series by introducing us to the worlds and life forms in space which we hadn’t seen before the first Guardians film.

Disney did James Gunn true injustice by firing him unceremoniously for jokes on Twitter over a decade ago because the director was a visionary, without whom the Guardians would never have achieved any popularity. The cha🌄racters were at the bottom of the barrel for Marvel before they were introduced in film, but Gunn did a marvelous job by making them both popular and hugely successful commercially.

These films were made in a different way compared to the re♍st of superhero films out there. Gunn put more focus on vibrancy and character development – both of which were conveyed through the use of comedy. The Guardians’ trademark brand is the use of humor and Gunn spared no expense in this regard. Never did the jokes feel shoehorned, and although they were rather juvenile, that was understood to be the poi﷽nt as these characters are a bunch of damaged individuals who use humor as a defense mechanism.

All that goofing around couldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t happening in real-life and yo⛄u’ll be glad to find behind-the-scenes photos of the cast and crew having a great time during production. It’s also not easy making these alien worlds and creatures and these pictures show how difficult it is to bring that to life.

24 ꦕ Star-Lord's Double

Where was this guy when we needed him? Star-Lord famously ruined all the heroes’ efforts in Avengers: Infinity War when he attacked Thanos in a fit of rage, but according to this picture there’s suppos𝐆ed to be two of him!

The other one should have been restraining the original.

All kidding aside, this picture goes to show the appreciation Chris Pratt has forও his stunt double who puts his health on the risk so that we can have more of Star-Lord’s popping dance moves done by Pratt without fear of him getting hurt.

23 💝 Blue Suited Aliens

That guy in the blue sit looks like a ꦆfool in this fra♓me but what would you say if you found out he’s supposed to be one of those intimidating aliens you saw onscreen? In this shot, you can even spot Star-Lord’s double in the background. The stuntman isn’t geared up in costume while Chris Pratt is in Star-Lord mode, accompanied by Ego, meaning Pratt opted to film this sequence braving the chances of an injury. Meanwhile, our blue suited friend will be converted into a CGI alien in post production.

22 Yondu's Real Head 🧸

Talk about opening up a box of the Yuckies, this is how our friend Yondu would appear had he not been blue skinned like we know him to be. The top of Yondu’s head has been seen without his ever-powerful fin before, but when it was coupled with the blue nature of Yondu’s skin it didn’t revolt us to the 𒅌degree the gap in the head does on Michael Rooker’s head. This is why you should be glad there are aliens out there with different color schemes.

21 🌳 ไYondu's Eye

Remember God of War III’s cover art featuring Kra🐲tos’ eye? Here we’ve got Yondu sporting a version of his own. Yondu is famous for being the Mary Poppins of the superhero genre but he might be looking into becoming𝄹 the Kratos of the superheroes as well.

The blue skin completes him.

Now, despite not being in full view, the idea of Yondu is upon us with this🍬 close🃏 up of his eye. The attention to detail is such that even the eyebrows have been colored blue.

20 ♏ 🍌 Rocket's Interrogation

The scene where Rocket makes fun of Taserface for his name is one of the most famous scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Its setting had to do with a weird humanoid alien interrogating a raccoon in outer space. Oddly enough, the real version of this is more u𒅌nsettling.

Rocket isn’t played by Bradley Cooper, he’s motion captured by the guy who plays Kraglin. In this picture, the rehearsal for the “Your name is Taserface?” scene can be found with the true appearances of the characters clear. Not ve꧙ry outer space-like, right?

19 🃏 Ego Joking Arou𓆉nd

There really couldn’t have been anyone other than Kurt Russell to play Star-Lord’s father (well, maybe David Hasselhoff, too), as the actor embodied the role. Kurt is an older version of Chris Pratt and it’s a 𓃲bit of a shame this kind of technology wasn’t around in the ‘80s as Kurt slings the Star-Lor🅺d firearms just as good as Star-Lord himself.

You can’t expect any less𒉰 from the guy who’s supposed to be Quill’s father but in this instan🀅ce it’s Kurt Russell rather than Ego who’s doing the gun slinging.

18 ⛦ Gamora's Strength 🍷

We saw the display of Gamora’s raw strength when she held onto a part of the ship while pulling Drax back with one hand as the ship descended into a crashing position. It took Gamora only a hand each for support while remaining perfectly all right as far as physical wounds are conce﷽rned.

This was all technological wizardry.

Obviously, the actress hasn’t been gifted with super strength, but in reality there was nothing moving or being pulled at all as this picture will attest. L🌳ook at how 🌌bored the cameraman looks.

17 Chil🥂ling Out

This looks like a gathering of a bunch of freaks. Yondu, Nebula and Mantis all lounge around in chairs while ꦕproduction is on a break. It’s not cozy at all being in such heavy makeup and Karen Gillan relaxes with a soda in hand.

Most likely, they aren’t even allowed to bring the can to their lips to avoid🗹 ruining the makeup and so Karen has to do with sipping the drink with a straw. Meanwhile, both Yondu and Mantis have Ear🧔th technology in their hands.

16 𝓡 Ayesha's Pampering 😼

Some characters are so over-the-top that you would be certain their makeup has been applied in CGI rather than genuinely. However, Ayesha was hundred pಞercent genuine in her get-up as seen in this picture.

The actress must feel like a real queen.

After all, sh꧙e’s still being pampered into her costume by a team of people. The perfect hourglass figure is all natural there but you can’t expect the poor girl to manage the extravagant costume all by herself, can you?

15 Star-Lord's Blue Screen Flying𒀰 🎀

Not quite 💝the thrilling flying you’re accustomed to because of the films, as Star-Lord’s real stunt is shown. The young man sitting on the ground 𝓡seems to have a rather boring job of managing Star-Lord’s firearms with a couple of strings. From the looks of it, he’s supposed to control the guns and help them remain holstered.

Star-Lord’s flying isn’t allಌ that cooꩲl either as he dangles with cables with nothing of the cool background of the films present.