DOCTOR WHO Star Karen Gillan Joins The Cast Of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY As Lead Villain

DOCTOR WHO Star Karen Gillan Joins The Cast Of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY As Lead Villain

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan has joined the cast of Marvel Studios and James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy as the lead female villain. Hit the jump for details!

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By JoshWilding - May 31, 2013 05:05 PM EST
Source: The Hollywood Reporter


We don't know exactly WHO she's playing as of yet, but The Hollywood Reporter has today revealed that Karen Gillan - who is best known for playing 'Amy Pond' in BBC's Doctor Who - has joined the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy as the lead female villain. This week has already seen Glenn Close cast as the head of the intergalactic Nova Corps, while Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista are currently signed up as the three lead Guardians. Lee Pace was recently cast as the lead male villain (believed to be 'The Collector') in the James Gunn helmed movie, while Ophelia Lovibond was brought on board to play his aide. Who do you guys think Gillan is playing?

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MarvelWeiner
MarvelWeiner - 5/31/2013, 5:14 PM
WTF?
AmazingFantasy
AmazingFantasy - 5/31/2013, 5:15 PM
THE WHOVIAN IN ME IS [frick]ING DYING YES
himynameisnik
himynameisnik - 5/31/2013, 5:16 PM
Wow didn't expect this! Huge gig for her. She was good in doctor who so I reckon she'll be good in this. Some very surprising casting for this film
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 5/31/2013, 5:16 PM
WOAH
thewonderer
thewonderer - 5/31/2013, 5:19 PM
Woah

Eccleston as main Thor villain, Gillan as main GOTG villain.

Whats next? Tennant as main Avengers 2 villain? Piper as Iron Man 4 villain?

Someone at Marvel is a huge Doctor Who fan.
LucasMend
LucasMend - 5/31/2013, 5:20 PM
Holy crap. Doctor Who people invading the marvel cinematic universe!
She's really beautiful and really good actress, that's gonna be nice to see. I'm now interesting in GOTG mostly because of the cast. It is great!
LucasMend
LucasMend - 5/31/2013, 5:20 PM
Congrats to Karen, she is an actress who deserves big hollywood movies, and that's a good start.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/31/2013, 5:22 PM
Nice! Now can we hear about Rocket sometime this century?!
AmazingFantasy
AmazingFantasy - 5/31/2013, 5:25 PM
Tennant for Rocket.
Calling it
Dragonpiece
Dragonpiece - 5/31/2013, 5:25 PM
This sure is a weird cast.
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 5/31/2013, 5:26 PM
Two words: Mistress Death

You heard it here first!
LucasMend
LucasMend - 5/31/2013, 5:28 PM
Matt Smith would be interesting for Rocket too.
MrCBM56
MrCBM56 - 5/31/2013, 5:32 PM
ENCHANTRESS! Calling it!
JackBauer
JackBauer - 5/31/2013, 5:32 PM
Nebula or Carina Walters, the Collector's daughter.
RyGoR
RyGoR - 5/31/2013, 5:33 PM
I wanna know who's Groot :(
TheSpaceGhost
TheSpaceGhost - 5/31/2013, 5:35 PM
Looks like the Matriarch will appear!
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 5/31/2013, 5:35 PM
Phyla-Vell, Moondragon, and Mantis are ruled out because they're good. That is unless something is possessing them (which is the only explanation for why Yondu could be a villain). We'll see what goes down.

Wait! What about NEBULA?!
Milling
Milling - 5/31/2013, 5:36 PM
OMFW YES!
SageMode
SageMode - 5/31/2013, 5:36 PM
Interesting.
mawilli4
mawilli4 - 5/31/2013, 5:36 PM
I hope Death, please, oh God, please.
PeterDarker
PeterDarker - 5/31/2013, 5:37 PM
Death? Why would they cast her as someone that never speaks?
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 5/31/2013, 5:39 PM
If she wasn't a villain, she could be a great Mantis.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/31/2013, 5:40 PM
Not a villain, but...
darkjoker1
darkjoker1 - 5/31/2013, 5:41 PM
yes this made my night :D she was so sexy and smart in doctor who and also an amazing redhead ;) i cant wait for this movie :D
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/31/2013, 5:41 PM
f*ck knows who she'll be,but i'm glad she has been cast very sexy women.
Lozzy
Lozzy - 5/31/2013, 5:43 PM
WHO???WHAT???HUH!!!!!!
SageMode
SageMode - 5/31/2013, 5:43 PM
KHAN

Lead MALE villain: Lee Pee

Lead FEMALE villain: Karen Gillan
LucasMend
LucasMend - 5/31/2013, 5:43 PM
She being annoying in some episodes is mostly writers fault, look at matt smith, he is amazing at some episodes, but recently he's being written as a retarded child. Karen was one of the best things of years 5-7. She's a real young british acting talent.
Benjamitesandwich
Benjamitesandwich - 5/31/2013, 5:43 PM
I still think Lee Pace isn't playing a villain and is Richard Rider. There's always room for hope.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 5/31/2013, 5:44 PM
YES!
So excited. Karen is such a good actress, love her charisma and she's drop dead gorgeous.

The fact she's playing a villain is even better.

Facade
Facade - 5/31/2013, 5:44 PM
@JoshWilding...could we actually see that costume, too?!
SimyJo
SimyJo - 5/31/2013, 5:45 PM


Awwww yeaaah! - cool choice!, she was great as Amy in Dr Who.
PsyGuy
PsyGuy - 5/31/2013, 5:45 PM
SHES AMAZING. this is awesome news!
JatevinM
JatevinM - 5/31/2013, 5:46 PM
[frick] YES
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