American actor Zoe Saldana isn’t afraid to call the Marvel movies “dark.” These features have previously been criticized as popcorn entertainment and “theme park” films by veteran directors such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, pointing out their fleeting and frivolous nature. Zoe famously played the character Gamora in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Avengers films and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise.

In a new interview with Variety, Zoe shared that if given the chance, she would love to go back and re-shoot some of her parts because it wasn’t what filmmakers Anthony and Joe Russo wanted for her character. could get.

“I wish I could go back and re-shoot what Gamora was going through in the Avengers movies. I couldn’t understand at all what the Russo Brothers were doing. He is an excellent filmmaker and the opportunity he gave me was the opportunity of a lifetime. Highlighting Gamora in this way in their films is something I will always be grateful for. I wish I could go back and do it again so I could push a little harder because it was such a great opportunity to play a daughter who has problems with her father and has the power to reconcile or This is your opportunity to just walk away. If I had been a little more aware about it, it would have been a bigger opportunity,” said the actor.

Zoe then described the Marvel films as darker and expressed pride in being a part of the MCU.

“I know it’s a Marvel movie, and we don’t like to use words like ‘deep’ and ‘Marvel’ in the same sentence, but I love it, and I’m very proud to know that I’m great.” Saldana said the film was part of a series that “caters to the needs of young audiences and inspires young audiences.”

Zoe Saldana joins the MCU as Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn. She played Gamora in the Avengers films as well as two installments of the Guardians franchise.