'Guardians of the Galaxy' Actress Karen Gillan Reveals Dream DC Role

Longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe actress Karen Gillan is opening up about her dream role in the DC universe now that her work is done on Guardians of the Galaxy.

The 35-year-old actress made her debut in the MCU in 2014′s Guardians of the Galaxy playing Nebula alongside the likes of Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana.

After appearing in multiple movies, she appears to be finishing up with the universe with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

That doesn’t mean that she is ready to put her superhero days behind her. In a recent red carpet interview, Karen weighed in on following Guardians director James Gunn to DC. She even had a dream role in mind!

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Speaking with ET on the red carpet of a recent Guardians premiere, Karen said that she was definitely interested in following James across company lines.

“Oh my god, I would love to go over to DC to work with James! I mean, that would be so fun and he’s, like, my favorite filmmaker,” she gushed.

She continued, expressing how willing she was to take any role. “I mean, there’s loads, honestly, if he wanted me to play, like, a two-headed alien that didn’t have any lines and was just in the background, out of focus, I would say yes,” Karen joked.

After thinking about it, she changed her mind: “I don’t know why I’m talking myself into more prosthetics, actually,” she said with a laugh. “Scratch that, I want to play Poison Ivy!”

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 premieres in theaters on May 5. Press play on the trailer below and see what critics are saying after watching the movie.