James Gunn knows why Michelle Yeoh has multiple roles in the MCU⏤do you?

Marvel fans are fervently discussing a topic on Reddit that Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has recently weighed in on with his signature concise candor: the fact that some actors in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have now played multiple roles.

Responding to a fan’s question on Instagram⏤”Why Michelle Yeoh plays 2 Characters in MCU?”⏤Gunn replied simply: “Because we’re not uptight.”

The screen capture from the social media site proved popular on Reddit, garnering nearly 6,000 upvotes to the MarvelStudios subreddit in about a day.

For those who don’t know, Yeoh and numerous other actors in the franchise have played multiple characters in the MCU. Most recently, Yeoh played Shang-Chi’s aunt, Ying Nan, in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Before that, she played Ravager Aleta Ogord in the Gunn-helmed spacefaring adventure Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

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Another recent example of MCU double-dipping is Gemma Chan portraying Sersi in Eternals after previously playing the Kree alien Minn-Erva in 2019’s Captain Marvel.

Fans took the time to point out a number of other actors who have done the same thing, including Sean Gunn doing motion-capture for Rocket Racooon and playing Kraglin in the Guardians of the Galaxy series, Laura Haddock playing Star-Lord’s mom and a small role in Captain America: The First Avenger, Nathan Fillion portraying a prisoner in Guardians of the Galaxy and Wonderman in a deleted scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Seth Green cameoing as himself in Iron Man 2 and voicing Howard the Duck in the Guardians franchise (not to mention What If…?).

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In addition, Benedict Cumberbatch has also played both Doctor Strange and Dormammu in Doctor Strange, Kenneth Choi played both a Howling Commando in Captain America and the principal in Spider-Man: Homecoming (who turned out to be the commando’s grandson), and Damion Poitier portrayed Thanos in the Avengers post-credit scene as well as one of Crossbone’s partners in the opening of Captain America: Civil War.

Who’s your favorite Marvel actor that has played multiple roles? Leave it in the comments below.