Vin Diesel seemingly took a substantial amount of inspiration from Groot’s gentleness. While the alien tree particular person did sometimes assist out on a battlefield, he appeared blissfully relaxed more often than not, taking on this planet the way in which a toddler would possibly. In the “Guardians of the Galaxy” sequel, Baby Groot was actually a toddler. For an actor like Diesel, whose inventory in commerce had grow to be taking part in robust and grizzled characters, Baby Groot was a change of tempo. Additionally, the function allowed him to be gentler and extra emotional than he had ever been earlier than. The gentleness let the actor respect life — and the lifetime of a good friend — extra brazenly. He mentioned:
“When we deal with death, our appreciation for life is represented in so many ways. […] We appreciate everything that’s alive … And this character celebrates life, in so many ways. It’s the most innocent character I’ve ever played, clearly, which is why I’ve kind of been so silly. I’m not talking about heavy issues that I’m usually talking about with the movies I make … I get to have fun!”
As one can think about, taking part in simply the voice of Groot — a personality who can solely say three phrases — was a problem Diesel had by no means encountered earlier than. He was going through the identical challenges as Ikue Otani, the actor who performs Pikachu (who can solely say one phrase). With such a restricted instrument, Diesel needed to discover new methods to specific emotion. He mentioned:
“I was being challenged as an actor, as a thespian … the idea of playing a character without any facial mannerisms or allowing your body physicality to play into the character, and being limited to such a small vocabulary.”