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It has been practically two months since Thunderbolts* got here and went from the 2025 film schedule, however folks nonetheless can’t get sufficient of that large, but predictable, twist the place it was revealed that the ragtag group of outcast antiheroes was, in actual fact, The New Avengers. And whereas Marvel didn’t attempt too laborious to place out the flames of hypothesis – in any case, they added the notorious asterisk a yr earlier than the movie was launched – it was a unique story for the forged.
Florence Pugh, who performs the show-stealing Yelena Belova in one of many greatest Marvel motion pictures in a while, spoke with Entertainment Weekly and opened up in regards to the nice lengths the forged and crew took to guard the large reveal on set. Speaking in regards to the large scene the place Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine holds a press convention and rebrands the group as The New Avengers, Pugh said:
We shot a model the place she was like, ‘The New Thunderbolts!’ And everybody was like, ‘Woo!’ After which we took all the background [actors] out and shot Julia’s line, which was type of cool.
Clearly, the reshot model was the one which made the ultimate minimize, and thank heavens, as a result of “The New Thunderbolts” simply doesn’t have the identical ring as “The New Avengers.” There are nonetheless a variety of questions on who the true Avengers are and whether or not it is this model or the official group led by Sam Wilson, however this scene a minimum of gave us an amazing second on the identical stage as Tony Stark’s “I’m Iron Man” presser on the finish of the MCU-starter again in 2008.
Although moviegoers solely discovered (or a minimum of had their suspicions confirmed) in Could 2025 that these Thunderbolts had been really The New Avengers, it was a very completely different story for Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In the identical chat with EW, the former Seinfeld forged mainstay revealed that she discovered in regards to the large twist “a few years in the past,” stating:
I met with Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito a few years in the past, after they first pitched me this complete thought of enjoying Val, and so they pitched me this. So, I’ve actually recognized for a very long time. I have not mentioned a factor to anybody!
Possibly Tom Holland, who has a historical past of being loose-lipped about MCU spoilers, ought to take some recommendation from the Veep actress, because it feels like she was sitting on this data for a really very long time. Although she didn’t say when that assembly occurred, Louis-Dreyfus has been part of the MCU for half a decade at this level. Did she know whereas filming Black Widow or The Falcon and the Winter Soldier? It’s anybody’s guess, however it wouldn’t be stunning if that had been the case.
If you wish to revisit Thunderbolts*, which appears to nonetheless be the official title judging by the upcoming dwelling launch of the second of three new Marvel motion pictures this yr, you’ll be capable to do this shortly when it lands on digital platforms on July 1 and bodily media on July 29. There’s no phrase on when it’ll be streaming for these with a Disney+ subscription, however anticipate that to alter quickly.