When it hit in 2014, Guardians of the Galaxy was a massive expansion for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 promises to be a similar big expansion, especially when it comes to the characters.
Blackehart is a long-term friend of Gunn’s and has appeared in several of the director’s films, including Tromeo and Juliet (which Gunn wrote), Super (as a character coincidentally called Quill) and, most interestingly, Guardians of the Galaxy.
There he was credited as a Knowhere Dispatcher, a background character in the space prison – but given how his is one of the first non-main characters revealed, he’s likely to have a bigger role this time around.