GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Director James Gunn Clarifies Nathan Fillion's Deleted Cameo As [SPOILER]

Recently, Nathan Fillion shared an Instagram post of his "character" in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and we now have clarification from director James Gunn on what exactly was happening...

By MarkJulian - Apr 21, 2017 12:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Vol. 2

Yesterday, Nathan Fillion's Instagram post of a deleted Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 scene featuring a possible cameo of the Firefly actor as Simon Williams caused quite a stir among Marvel fans. This has prompted director James Gunn to address the matter in a series of Tweets that you can read below:

For the record, that was never a scene in the movie - that’s simply @NathanFillion clowning around on set. https://t.co/o3oRI3O3xw
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 21, 2017

. @NathanFillion was Simon Williams in some movie POSTERS in a scene cut from the movie. It was a way to have fun with one of my best pals. https://t.co/aueWcm88zb
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 21, 2017

James Gunn gave a simple "yes" in regards to what a few longtime Marvel Comics readers immediately realized- that Nathan Fillion's Instagram post revealed a double-layered cameo of Fillion playing Avenger/actor Simon Williams who's playing forgotten Marvel barbarian hero, Arkon.

Yes https://t.co/hiM5oww9kF
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 21, 2017

On whether Nathan Fillion's metaphysical presence in Vol. 2 as Simon Williams is confirmation that he's "the" Simon Willaims/Wonder Man from the comics.

I think we’ll have to wait and see 😊 (and I love Wonder Man also, and @NathanFillion) https://t.co/jfn21lu8k4
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 21, 2017

Lets face it, Stan Lee isn't getting any younger (which is probably why Marvel recently filmed all of Stan's cameos for the next few Marvel movies at the same time). Wouldn't it be cool if the new Marvel easter egg, was Nathan Fillion as Simon Williams, showing up playing various Marvel heroes that have zero chance of appearing on screen?

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tripttwe - 4/21/2017, 12:21 PM

Well

MikeEhrmantraut - 4/21/2017, 12:25 PM

My eyes went wide open when he said Wonder Man.

AdamWarlockHim - 4/21/2017, 12:26 PM

WONDER MAN

AdamWarlockHim - 4/21/2017, 12:26 PM

We might get [frick]ing Wonder Man

SummersEssex - 4/21/2017, 12:28 PM

What a great character that would be to include in this universe. Not because he's awesome, but because Wonder Man is kind of lame. I think it would be great.

AdamWarlockHim - 4/21/2017, 12:28 PM

Please please PLEASE

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