‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Toy Offers Our First Look At The Villain, Elizabeth Debicki’s Ayesha
Filmmakers, stars, and studio marketing teams will bend over backward to keep a film’s secrets, but the tie-in toy line will give them away every time. Okay, so “every time” is an exaggeration. But as we’ve seen recently with everything fromPower RangerstoBeauty and the Beast, toys can be a rich source of information about highly anticipated and closely guarded upcoming releases.
LikeGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. While we’ve known for a while thatElizabeth Debicki’s Ayesha would be the villain, the first trailer didn’t show her at all. So our first look at the character comes today in the form of a Funko Pint Size Heroes toy. Check it out below.
A fan noticed a previously unidentified character among the Pint Size Heroes offerings, and asked directorJames Gunnabout it on Twitter.
@JamesGunnWho is she?pic.twitter.com/XrkK9d756X
— danty (@popsicill)August 24, 2025
Gunn responded:
I actually saw footage of Debicki’s Ayeshaat Comic-Con. This toy doesn’t quite do her justice, since it makes her look like a fairly normal human woman in a blue uniform. What we saw in the clip was a statuesque gold figure sitting on a star-shaped throne. And by “gold,” I don’t just mean blond-haired with golden skin — I mean bright metallicgold.
According to Gunn, the movie’s version of Ayesha is the “golden High Priestess of a genetically-perfect people called the Sovereign.” He added that she is “not a woman to be screwed with – she, and her entire world, are extraordinarily deadly.” Naturally, the Guardians manage to screw it up somehow. Ayesha hires the Guardians to help battle a giant galactical beast, and “it’s all going swimmingly until it all turns very very sour,“teased Debicki. “Let’s just say it goes from amiable to not-so-amiable quite quickly.“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2is in theatersMay 5, 2017.
