Julia Louis-dreyfus It was one of the big surprises of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In the penultimate episode of the season, in the midst of the tension of a story framed in the political thriller, the actress appeared in the skin of an enigmatic character who held out John Walker (Wyatt Russell), in serious problems after committing a murder with the shield that belonged to Steve Rogers and be stripped of the rank of captain America.
“You can simply call me Val, but don’t call me Val, just have it in your head,” says Countess Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in her first intervention in the Disney+series, and then assure you that “I would also have killed that bastard.”
Since then the star of Seinfeld He has been in other projects of the successful superhero franchise (in a postcredit scene of Black Widow next to Florence Pugh and in Black Panther: Wakanda foreverwhere she was presented as the new director of the CIA), but none had given him the relevance and development he gives him Thunderbolts*the Marvel Studios movie that has just been released in national cinemas.
In that story Valentina is responsible for putting together a group of mercenaries willing to accept the execution of a complicated plan. Between the sword and the wall due to its questionable practices at the head of the institution, it decides that its escape consists of recruiting and tending a trap to Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker. It is a kind of Nick Fury – the man who gathered the Avengers more than a decade ago – but obviously more acidic and dark.
In conversation with WorshipLouis-Dreyfus declares himself delighted with the opportunity to give life to the character with all of the law and in all its dimensions. “I would say that the most fascinating of playing Valentina (in this film) was to capture its origins and the trauma he suffered as a child, and understand him. That helped me define its essence”, Indicates through Zoom.
Otherwise of other recent deliveries of the saga, Thunderbolts* Not only does pyrotechnics offer, but also a genuine interest in investigating the pains of its protagonists, enriching the experience of two hours to full room. That even reaches the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, whom we have so far known as an enigmatic and scathing woman who manages forever to achieve what she wants.
The 64 -year -old actress approached her without prejudicebut aware that it is someone who moves in a gray area, a rare particularity in the blockbusters series that opened in 2008 with Iron Man. With a hint of humor, he likes to say that in Thunderbolts* He is embodying an “anti -whiller.”
Valentina’s widening includes the introduction of her assistant, Mel. “He has everything you are looking for in a Marvel movie, but I also think he has a depth, nuances and emotional intensity that will also surprise the public,” says the Australian Geraldine Viswanathan, the person responsible for assuming that role on the tape.
Louis-Dreyfus believes on that point: “I’m not sure it’s an anti-movieAvengersbut it is certainly a movie about antiheroes. And it is a film that deals with people who are not necessarily conventional heroes. They are more complex, and addresses issues such as loneliness and shamewhich gives history a lot of depth and, in my opinion, distinguishes it. ”
The actress worked side by side with Jake Schreier, a director who has only made a couple of feature films and is known above all for her television work (she took care of all the chapters of the praised Netflix series Row). Unlike what has happened with other filmmakers in position, he managed to leave his brand in the ambitious Marvel machinery.
“He has a sensitivity of independent cinemavery focused on the characters and their plot arc, in addition to an acute visual sense, and all that expressed it in this film, ”says the actress of Veepalong with emphasizing that Schreier “did his best.”
Used to television sets before the great productions of the United States, the actress lives a new chapter in the largest Hollywood franchise. It stops in what produced a particular experience: the European premiere avant of Thunderbolts*which was held in London at the end of April and in which actors and team members participated (in addition to Pedro Pascal, another of the additions of the saga).
“The most exciting thing is to see how enormous this universe is. I must say that attending the premiere that we had recently in London was a revealing experience and, yes, I love it. It is incredible to see and feel the enthusiasm. It is really intoxicating, ”he concludes.
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