James Gunn

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

James Gunn (Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) is a director, screenwriter, and co-chair of DC Studios. James joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the enduring impact of Super Friends, why people love the fact that Superman can beat up God, and how seeing the Sex Pistols as a kid altered life. James and Dax talk about once getting into such an intense argument with his dad about Prince that it almost came to blows, falling in love with and relating to the monsters in horror movies, and the dream of mixing animals and outcasts in his work. James explains how transformative it was to be compensated for doing something creative, why Guardians of the Galaxy has a reach beyond superhero movies, and how his most difficult moments made way for him to feel ok for the first time in his life.

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0:06.5	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:10.0	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:14.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to armchair expert experts on expert.
0:18.2	Round two of Superman Week.
0:20.9	Yes.
0:21.8	We have the esteemed filmmaker James Gunn on.
0:25.9	He's a producer, a screenwriter, a musician, and the co-CEO of DC Studios.
0:32.3	He's made the best superhero movies.
0:34.8	I mean, get real.
0:35.6	Guardians of the Galaxy.
0:36.6	Oh, Groot!
0:37.6	Groot! Shout out Grout!
0:39.7	The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Slither, Super, and now, of course, Superman.
0:45.6	This was a very fun interview.
0:47.5	This was a very fun interview.
0:48.7	I really enjoyed it. And if you stick around, if you watch...
0:52.0	Oh, yeah. If you watch, I am... well, shit, I don't want to ruin.
0:56.2	We don't want to ruin it.
0:57.0	I'm in a, you'll hear.
0:58.5	There's a visual.
0:59.4	Yeah.
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