Gunn made the above admission during his appearance on The Adam Carolla Show, which is also where he revealed that his old friend Michael Rosenbaum has joined the cast and appears on screen in “tandem with Sly’s character.”
Considering just how much people loved Guardians Of The Galaxy, I can imagine that James Gunn’s original analysis of the film gave his confidence quite the boost.
But once the dust settled and Gunn was able to take a cold hard look at how he can improve on the original and make sure that Vol. 2 doesn’t suffer from sequelitis, no doubt the above questions quickly became useful.