<Li> Karen Gillan as Nebula: An adopted daughter of Thanos who was raised with Gamora as sisters, and a reluctant member of the Guardians . Gillan stated the film would further explore the sisterly relationship between Nebula and Gamora, including their backstory "and what happened to these two girls growing up and actually how awful it was for them and how it's ruined their relationship", adding "we're (also) going to start to see how much pain (Thanos) actually caused (Nebula)... we really start to see the emotional crack in her character". While Gillan had to shave her head for the first film, she only had to shave half of her head for the sequel, taking away the underneath part and leaving the top . Gillan's makeup took two and a half hours to apply, down from five hours for the first film . </Li> <Li> Pom Klementieff as Mantis: A member of the Guardians with empathic powers who lives with Ego . Executive producer Jonathan Schwartz said the character "has never really experienced social interaction", and learns about "social intricacies" from the other Guardians . Klementieff added, "She was really lonely and by herself, so it's a completely new thing to meet these people and to discover new things", comparing this to a child making awkward mistakes in social situations . Mantis and Drax have an "interesting" relationship in the film due to both being "complete odd balls". Steve Englehart, Mantis's co-creator, was disappointed with the character's portrayal, saying, "That character has nothing to do with Mantis...I really don't know why you would take a character who is as distinctive as Mantis is and do a completely different character and still call her Mantis ." </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha: The golden High Priestess and the leader of the Sovereign people, a genetically engineered race who are "gold and perfect and wanting to be physically and mentally impeccable ." Gunn was "very specific" when writing the character, and after casting director Sarah Finn suggested Debicki, Gunn "knew right away that she was the one". Gunn highlighted the actress's beauty and 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) height . Debicki wore platform shoes to increase her height to 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m). </Li> <Li> Chris Sullivan as Taserface: The leader of a mutinous group of the Ravagers . Gunn originally posted a photo of the comic book character on his social media after landing Guardians of the Galaxy, calling him "the dumbest character of all time" and saying he would never feature the character in a film . After eventually deciding to use the character in the sequel, Gunn felt the character had given himself the name Taserface and is "a real dumbass". Sullivan's makeup took two - and - a-half to three - and - a-half hours to apply each day . </Li>

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