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Vin Diesel Might Join Guardians of the Galaxy

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We’ve known for more than a month that Vin Diesel was talking with Marvel about one of their movies, and now it appears we know which: Guardians of the Galaxy. This weekend, Diesel put a captionless picture of Groot on his Facebook page, and Deadline confirmed that he is in fact in talks to voice the character, who, because of a wooden larynx, exclusively speaks using the statement “I am Groot.” He is a highly intelligent, sentient treelike alien who can consume wood and use it to enhance his strength, control trees, and sprout to significantly increase his size. And, boy, can he drive!

Vin Diesel Might Join Guardians of the Galaxy