Karen Gillan is widely known for her role as Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Her role in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies is widely appreciated by both the critics and the fans. The role also comes with challenges of its one, such as spending a significant amount of time in heavy makeup. And this makeup also caused the actress to be in an awkward situation.
As Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 just hit the theaters, Karen Gillan can be often spotted promoting the latest MCU film. Recently the 35-year-old actress took to her Instagram to recall the awkward incident where she had to attend couples therapy in her Nebula look.
Karen Gillan’s hilarious incident with Nebula look
Karen Gillan made her Marvel debut with 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn. The role of Thanos’ adoptive daughter was indeed a hard job to be pulled off as the makeup alone took around four and a half hours to be applied. But it skyrocketed the Jumanji fame to astronomical levels of popularity and she was spotted again in several MCU movies including the iconic Avengers: Endgame.
But the Oculus star had her share of woes while portraying Nebula as at one point she had to attend a therapy session with the makeup. She stated that the timing of the meeting went wrong and interfered with her filming schedule for Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 which led to the sudden mishap.
“In honour of Guardians of the Galaxy in theaters this Friday – here’s a screenshot of the time I forgot I had scheduled a COUPLES THERAPY session on a day we were shooting.”
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Karen Gillan didn’t stop there and added more about the incident while speaking with Entertainment Tonight. As expected, the therapist was fully startled and continued to laugh throughout the whole session. According to Gillan, she had already informed them that she was at work but still, they certainly didn’t expect to watch her attending the session in her superheroine avatar.
“I don’t know if they were fully prepared for what they got when I logged on. I was late to the session, and I had warned them, ‘Oh, I’m late because I’m at work,’ so they had an inkling, but I don’t think they realized I was going to be in full makeup.The therapist couldn’t stop laughing, actually. I felt bad for her.”
It was indeed one of its kind of experience for Karen Gillan’s therapist. The Big Short actress married the American comedian Nick Kocher in May last year.
How is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 performing?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 marks the final MCU project by James Gunn who has now shifted the sides and is the co-head of the Marvel rival DCU. The movie has broken the recent trend of MCU movies in Phases 4 and 5 and garnered an amazing response from both the critics and the audiences as an amazing conclusion to one of the iconic franchises.
The movie also featured the last Marvel appearances of many actors such as Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldaña, and many others. The threequel movie also put immense focus on Rocket Raccoon’s past and presented one of the best antagonists in the MCU yet. Chukwudi Iwuji as High Evolutionary also received enormous praise.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has currently grossed more than $300 million worldwide and is expected to cross $500 million globally this weekend. Although the domestic debut of $118 million was lower than its predecessor($146.5 million), the movie was successful in elevating its performance and attracting a huge audience following a series of underwhelming MCU projects.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is running in theaters near you.
Source: Karen Gillan(via Instagram) / ET
