Super and Slither director James Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy is definitely the great unknown when it comes to the Marvel Phase 2 movies, and the array of possible casting options for the team’s POV character, Star-Lord, is definitely adding to the sense of anything goes.
Actors reported to be in the running for the role of US pilot Peter Quill who ends up John Crichtoned with a bunch of alien renegades, becoming the team’s leader, Star-Lord, include X-Men and Superman Returns‘ James Marsden, The Warrior‘s Joel Edgerton, Boardwalk Empire‘s Jack Huston, Cloud Atlas‘ Jim Sturgess, The Hobbit‘s Lee Pace, Les Miserables‘ Eddie Redmayne, Tron:Legacy‘s Garrett Hedlund and Animal Kingdom‘s Sullivan Stapleton.