After long months of news, new actors, characters and hidden meanings, the next Wednesday April 30 We can go to the rooms to enjoy ‘Thunderbolts*’ and check if the wait has been worth it.
The film that aims to clear the path for ‘The fantastic 4: first steps’ and ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, has a luxury cast to live up to the mythical characters who interpret: Florence Pugh (Yelena), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), David Harbor (Red Guardian), Wyatt Russell (John Walker), Geraldine Viswanathan (Mel) or Lewis Pullman (Sentry); inter alia. However, director Jake Schreier misses one more in the team.
In an interview with SFX Magazine that collects Slash Film, Schreier has confessed that I had another character in mind to join the team but could not use it: the man thing. This swamp creature, with regenerative powers and superhuman strength, debuted in Marvel comics in 1971 (‘Wild Tales’ #1), was around the director’s head during the beginning of the ideation process: “There was a point during preproduction in which I really wanted the man to be on the team“.
-Unfortunately for Schreier, The character made his appearance in the UCM in 2022 For the Christmas special ‘Marvel Studios presents: the curse of the werewolf’ as an ally of the character of Gael García Bernal (Russell), making it impossible for his subsequent appearance in ‘Thunderbolts*’. Even so, the director recognizes that “Everything came out for good“.
First reactions
As we highlight in a previous article, the first impressions of ‘Thunderbolts*’ have come to light, highlighting that the film is a Vojea on Marvel’s heading at a time when the franchise needs something fresh that arouses the interest of fans.
In addition, some users such as Emily Murray have also stressed that it is “One of the best UCM films in a long time“, accompanied by other reactions that emphasize the film as one of the darkest and darkest materials to date. All this has increased the enthusiasm for its release date, which we remember will be on April 30.
