Florence Pugh Reveals Tom Cruise Inspiration for Thunderbolts*

Thunderbolts* star and Yelena Belova actor Florence Pugh delved into how Tom Cruise impressed her stunt work in Thunderbolts*. This comes after Pugh defined how Yelena has modified since her final MCU look.

Pugh touched upon this with The Related Press, avouching, “Nobody can high Tom Cruise, however what has he performed? He has impressed me 100%. I do not know if anybody will ever be as good as he’s, and his respect for the stunt world is one thing that has educated so many individuals.“

She went on to additional notice, “Why would not I wish to do a stunt that there are many professionals ensuring that it is as protected as attainable for me to do? I jumped off it, and I am grateful that I did. Will I be flying helicopters and planes like he does? No, I am not so good as that. However I am grateful I used to be allowed to do that one.“

Placing the highlight on Thunderbolts*, director Jake Schreier talked concerning the film’s novel strategy to creating Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in August 2023, avowing on the time, “It was only a actually totally different strategy and a brand new type of story to inform amidst that, which I do know [Marvel Studios have] made so many issues, but it surely’s not a sequel. Sure, these characters have appeared earlier than, however it’s a new story being informed and a narrative, I believe, with a really totally different perspective than possibly individuals aren’t anticipating, and I believe that that felt thrilling and felt like an actual problem price taking up.“

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Tying into that, Purple Guardian actor David Harbour delved into how the venture differs from different MCU installments at CinemaCon 2023, conveying that Marvel is “altering it up.” He additional professed, “They’re all the time stunning, however this staff specifically, and what they’re doing — what this implies within the universe is its personal factor, that is actually attention-grabbing — however the staff itself and the best way the film comes collectively could be very totally different from every other Marvel film I’ve seen.“

The FX and Stuntwork Will get a Lot of Hype

Extra not too long ago, Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier actor Sebastian Stan hyped the sensible results and stuntwork in Thunderbolts* in January, affirming that there have been many issues within the film that had been “truly performed virtually,” and he thinks that does go a good distance, “as a result of individuals are simply good.” Previous to that, Stan in contrast Thunderbolts* to The Breakfast Membership.

Circling again to David Harbour, Harbour hyped Thunderbolts* in December 2024 after seeing an early minimize, asserting that he was “very excited for you guys to see Thunderbolts*” as a result of he was very impressed with the course Marvel Studios took that. Moreover, Harbour teased Purple Guardian and Yelena’s advanced bond in November 2023, avowing that they “have a variety of unexplored historical past.”

Thunderbolts* hits theaters on Might 2.

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Thunderbolts*

Launch Date

Might 2, 2025

Runtime

126 Minutes

Director

Jake Schreier

Writers

Eric Pearson, Joanna Calo

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  Florence Pugh

  Yelena Belova

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  Sebastian Stan

  James Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier

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  Wyatt Russell

  John Walker / U.S. Agent

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  Olga Kurylenko

  Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster