Kurt Russell is a respected actor in Hollywood having covered various genres throughout his fifty year career and still going strong. When the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy heard he would be joining the team for Volume 2 of the franchise they were all ecstatic. Chris Pratt who plays Star-Lord in the film says of Kurt, "Even though he?s kind of the ?everyman? kind of a character, he?s really an artist and he really cares deeply about all of the details of his character.