American actor, the star of the fantastic franchise "Guardians of the Galaxy" Dave Batista, who played the role of Drax the Destroyer, one of the first stood up for the director James Gunn.

Let's note, one of these days it became known that the director of a fantastic franchise was dismissed because of pedophilic jokes of ten years ago.

So, Batista decided to express his opinion about the incident on his Twitter page. "James Gunn is one of the most caring and good-natured people I've ever met. He is polite, kind and cares about people and animals. He made mistakes. We all did them. I do not agree with what is happening to him now, "- wrote Batista.

Also in a recent post Batista compared Gunn's dismissal with the attack of cybernatsists. "What happened does not only concern" Guardians of Galaxy 3 ", James Gunn, myself, Disney and so on. It was an attack of # cybernacists, and a successful. It's time for us to unite against this absurdity, and it's no longer the offended people. Everything will become much worse. And this can happen to everyone, "- wrote the indignant actor.

Interestingly, after the tweet of Dave, the other franchise stars joined him.

Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana, who play the roles of Star Lord and Gamora in "The Guardians of the Galaxy", also expressed their dissatisfaction with the annoying incident, though not directly mentioning the director's name. "It's been a tough weekend, I will not lie. Until I understand all the details, I refrain from commenting on the situation. I just want everyone to know - I love all the members of my family "Guardians of the Galaxy". And I will always be, "Saldana said..

Pratt, in turn, published a quote from the New Testament. "So remember, my beloved brothers: let each person hurry to listen, but hesitates with an answer, lingers with anger," the actor quoted the Bible.

Also worth mentioning is that, with Change. org there was a petition in support of James Anna, already signed by more than 147 thousand. persons, among whom the well-known actress Selma Blair, who through her Twitter urged those who care not to sign the petition.