Many fans were cold to see ‘Thunderbolts’ And realize that one of the most promoted characters did not last for ten minutes on the screen. Yes, we are talking about … well, who has not seen the film should leave immediately, but those who already saw it are aware that the character appeared in the posters, in the trailers … and then dies in the first scene. By? Well, the director Jake Schreier He has just explained the reason for this unexpected play.
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Director of ‘Thunderbolts’ explains why [SPOILER] I had to die
Antonia Dreykov, better known as Taskmaster, was presented in all the promotional materials of ‘Thunderbolts‘As an integral part of the team, but its participation is reduced to a single scene on the screen: the villain is killed by a shot in the head by Ghost (Interpreted by Hannah John-Kamen) during the first mission of the squad. The scene, raw and without sentimentality, shook the public, precisely as the director proposed.
“The decision to do that when we did … We went through many different versions, and we thought it very carefully,” he explained Jake Schreier. The director revealed that Taskmaster’s death was added after the production break by the screenwriter strike. “When we returned and started thinking about how to improve the movie, we felt that some intensity was missing,” he confessed.
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Although Marvel Studios is famous for avoiding permanent or too violent deaths, this time it was sought to generate a real impact. “For the type of characters they are, we wanted you to feel like those films where you really do not know who will survive,” Schreier added. The brutality of the murder also responds to the need to show that no one is safe, even in a PG-13 movie.
Why wasn’t Taskmaster duel?
Those who expected Halena to get sentimental and teat for the death of their partner, were waiting. The character of Florence Pugh He barely has time to process what happened. This was not an accidental omission, but part of a conscious decision of the creative team. For the director, extend the sequence or show a deeper emotional reaction, other more important narrative axes would have altered.
“I would have occupied an emotional space that would step on what we really needed to build, which was the connection between Yelena and Bob,” Schreier explained, referring to the character played by Lewis Pullman. In his opinion, a later death would have unbalanced the development of the other members of the group. “Although it sounds cold, it was best to happen early,” he said.
Even if the murder has no immediate consequences, Schreier argued that Taskmaster’s shadow persists in the thematic development of the film. “She had a difficult life. She killed many people and then was killed, as she will spend some day,” he quotes the director, remembering a phrase said by hele later in the film.
Marvel approved death without objections
Unlike what could be assumed, Marvel Studios had no problems eliminating one of his characters in such a short scene. Schreier said that the process was completely collaborative and that Kevin Feige He actively participated in the changes.
The scene was filmed during the last weeks of postproduction, just under three weeks of the film’s premiere. Despite the criticism for the speed with which Taskmaster’s death occurs, the director defends that his inclusion was necessary to define the tone of ‘Thunderbolts‘As a story where the danger is real, even for the favorite characters of the public.
With EW information.
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