8 Movie Fan Theories Rejected By The Creators

One of the best things about film fandom is excitedly discussing our favourite movies with like-minded enthusiasts. This often leads to fan theories being shared, and whenever a theory is posted online, there's always a chance it'll reach the creators of the movie in question.

This leads to one of two responses. The theory is either given that coveted thumbs-up approval - which is rare, but not unheard of - or, it's totally spat on, tossed into the abyss of bad ideas and relegated to an eternal slumber in the dark recesses of a forgotten Reddit thread, never to be spoken of again.

Or, y'know, it's given a simple "nope" by the director. Same thing really.

Fan theories are often outlandish so that rejection rate tends to be much higher than the acceptance rate (either way, most fans would be chuffed to get a response), and over the years, major movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man 4, and Encanto have had their theories denied by the people involved in making them.

So, as sources go, it doesn't get much more definitive than this...

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is one of the few big-time directors who's active on social media. Almost every single day, he interacts with fans, posts behind-the-scenes content from his movies, and indeed, debunks fan theories.

One of those theories was a rather bizarre one that clearly wasn't true, but was nonetheless prominent enough to attract a response from Gunn.

The theory claims that Captain America himself, Steve Rogers, is actually Peter Quill/Star-Lord's grandfather. This idea mainly stemmed from the fact that actress Laura Haddock - who plays Quill's mother in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies - has a minor role in Captain America: The First Avenger, where she excitedly approaches Cap and asks for his autograph.

Afterwards, the two could've hooked up, and if Haddock's character here was meant to be Quill's grandmother, then Steve would be his grandfather.

It's an interesting theory, but ignoring the fact that Steve is heavily implied to be a virgin, Haddock's two MCU roles are entirely unrelated. What's more, Gunn himself has called this theory "hogwash", pointing out that Quill's grandfather already exists within the MCU, played by actor Gregg Henry.

Gunn also pointed out that Quill's other grandfather would be whoever brought Ego into the world - and that obviously wasn't Steve!