'Guardians of the Galaxy' Had Two Alternate Endings That Got Cut

If you saw "Guardians of the Galaxy" you probably remember the pretty fantastic ending it had: Peter Quill finally opens that gift and finds a new Awesome Mix, and we end on a happy note while jamming out to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."

That wasn't the only ending director James Gunn was considering, though. According to Gunn, there were two more scenes that could have been part of the ending, but got scrapped for one reason or another.

Here's what they were, in his words:

"Grandpa Quill we cut because he was in old age make up and we were a little afraid people wouldn't recognize that it was him from the beginning of the movie. And also, it was a pretty sad moment. It was Grandpa Quill and he has this photograph of Meredith and Peter as a little boy and he looks up at the stars and we go up to the stars and it was really sweet. It means that he must have seen Quill getting abducted at the end of that day and is still waiting for him to return but it was freaking sad so we took it out.

Nebula's was actually my favorite. Nebula's I really liked a lot because she's lost her arm and she's just pissed off and she's just walking through this field all pissed off with a busted Ravager vehicle behind her. And she's just pissed off and I loved it."

So one of them showed that people have actually been expecting Peter back on Earth, which is really sad. The other sets up the fact that Nebula is still alive and kicking, but we could already figure that out from other scenes in the movie.

Instead, we got our happy ending with our heroes, and the only loose end tied up was the whole Baby Groot thing, which we can all agree was adorable and pretty much the greatest thing ever.