Amanda Seyfried turned down Gamora because she didn't want to be ... that she received an offer to play the adopted daughter of Thanos. Despite a “wonderful” meeting with James Gunn, Seyfried ...

During a March 20 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Amanda Seyfried opened up about the reason behind turning down the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy.

The scene depicted his initial design with ... Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), treelike-alien Groot (Vin Diesel), Thanos' daughter Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and the vengeful Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista).

Given that two of the lead characters, Gamora and Nebula ... He stated that "[Thanos'] presence doesn’t really serve being in Guardians, and having [him] be in that scene was more helpful ...