Zoe Saldaña has opened up about her performance as Gamora, saying she thinks she could have done "a better job".
Saldaña famously played the steely assassin in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, and appeared as the character in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Despite her iconic portrayal, the actor has said she wishes she could go back and do things differently.
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"I wish I could go back and do a better job for Gamora and Uhura [in Star Trek]," she told Variety. "I think I did enough, but I could have done more. That’s just how I am."
More specifically, Saldaña said she would like to "reshoot what Gamora was going through in the Avengers movies" because she doesn't think she was "quite understanding" the Russo Brothers' overall vision for the character.
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She continued: "They are excellent filmmakers and the opportunity they gave me was of a lifetime. To highlight Gamora in such a way in their films is something I’ll forever be grateful for.
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"I wish that I could go back and redo it so that I can push a little harder, because it was such a great opportunity to play a daughter having issues with a dad. And whether or not she's having this opportunity to reconcile or to heal or to repair or simply just walk away from this person — that would have been a great opportunity had I been a little more aware of it back then."
Earlier this year, Saldaña said it would be "a huge loss for Marvel if they didn't find a way to bring back the Guardians of the Galaxy" in some capacity, despite their story seemingly wrapping up with the third Guardians movie last year.
"I mean, so far, I think that she is [gone for good] for me, but I don't think Gamora has gone for good," she added.
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