Kevin Bacon Talks Guardians Holiday Special, MCU Induction - Gizmodo

If there’s 1 happening you tin number connected the MCU to often provide, it’s often a callback. The precocious released Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special offers possibly the top callback of the full endeavor by bringing successful Kevin Bacon arsenic himself. You whitethorn callback that Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord is profoundly enamored with the Friday the 13th and Footloose actor, and has made that well-known to his alien companions passim the Guardians’ galore appearances.

For Bacon himself, helium told IGN that helium genuinely had nary hint he’d beryllium sanction dropped successful the 2014 Guardians film until helium got the accidental to spot it. He called it a “very unusual experience, but cool.” So erstwhile helium was approached with the anticipation of really being successful the MCU astir a decennary later, helium jumped astatine the chance. “I didn’t truly work the script. I conscionable said, ‘Oh yeah, that sounds great.’”

The Guardians special was 1 of the first things Marvel planned to marque for Disney+, but you mightiness not person known that. Between manager James Gunn’s firing (and rehiring) from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, his consequent jump to DC, and past the pandemic, it’s taken clip to get this task disconnected the ground. Bacon acknowledged that it was “quite a fewer years” erstwhile helium was pitched the idea, and backmost past erstwhile helium initially signed on, helium wasn’t afloat definite if he’d really beryllium playing himself.

It was aft Gunn gave him the publication and the histrion learned that he’d besides beryllium singing, that helium was adjacent much successful connected the project. “Gunn referenced each the tunes, truthful I instantly made myself a playlist conscionable to consciousness the vibe of the full happening and perceive to it a lot,” Bacon said. The large philharmonic item of the peculiar is simply a rock-and-roll carol helium does with the MCU’s mentation of the Old 97s, a series helium called a joyousness to make. “I deliberation it’s got a truly bully operation of sweetness and sentimentality without being a corny instrumentality connected Christmas. And it rocks, and I loved it.”

Talking astir Gunn, Bacon described him arsenic “a powerhouse...He’s conscionable got a large dependable and a large eye, and he’s ace smart.” His acquisition with the manager and the remainder of the Guardians crew, helium continued, was similar an bureau Christmas enactment wherever “everybody had a blast, and astir of all, me.”

You tin ticker Kevin Bacon successful the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, oregon perceive to its soundtrack connected the euphony level of your choice.

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