The 2017 role Zoe Saldaña is desperate to do over: “I wish I could go back”

Zoë Saldaña says she wishes she could revisit her performance as Gamora in the 2017 film *Avengers: Infinity War*. She felt she did not fully understand the directors’ approach at the time and would have pushed harder to portray Gamora’s conflicted relationship with her adoptive father, Thanos.

Gamora is killed by Thanos in the film as he seeks the final Infinity Stone, a moment with major consequences for the Marvel story. Saldaña praised directors Joe and Anthony Russo and said she remains grateful for the role, while describing her dissatisfaction with her work as a missed opportunity. Her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is uncertain: she is not slated to appear in *Avengers: Doomsday*, and the Guardians franchise’s future is unclear.