Doctor Who star Karen Gillan has revealed some new details about her character in Marvel’s upcoming Guardians Of The Galaxy movie.

The Scottish actress will play the villainous Nebula in the film, alongside Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Benicio Del Toro.

Gillan told MTV at SXSW: “I always had total faith in the project, because the people who are making it are so brilliant, and have a long history of great films. So I knew it was in great hands.”

She explained: “I just think it’s a new direction for Marvel, it’s really, really funny. It’s not taking itself seriously at all. It’s tongue in cheek. And just to see people be excited about that new tone is cool.”

Discussing her character, she revealed: “Okay, so Nebula does not find herself funny. I find her hilarious. But she can’t find herself hilarious, that’s not scary.”

Gillan also hinted at a fight scene with Star Trek Into Darkness star Zoe Saldana, who plays Gamora: “Yeah, there’s a big girlie fight sequence, but it’s not that girlie. She’s really experienced in the physical stuff, she was a ballerina. She’s really amazing at all of that stuff. She barely required any rehearsal, she was like, ‘I can do this.’ I required two months of rehearsals every day that I wasn’t shooting, because I looked like spaghetti when I started.”

Guardians Of The Galaxy is released in UK cinemas on Friday 1 August.

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