And while director James Gunn does seem rather fond of killing Michael Rooker off in his movies, the actor recently told CinemaBlend’s Sean O’Connell exactly which death was his favorite in a James Gunn movie.
His character Yondu notably died in the new Guardians movie just as Peter Quill was finally realizing Yondu was his true parent.
Michael Rooker has always played a fan-favorite character in the Guardians of the Galaxy universe, but in Vol. 2 he amped things up a notch, delivering lines like, “I’m Mary Poppins, y’all” and giving us an emotional arc to connect with.