Thunderbolts* Director and Cast Break Down The Asterisk Twist and what it means for the MCU

If you have seen Thunderbolts*You know it ends with a note that changes everything. In a revelation of the final act that transforms a secret mission into a fully identified identity shift, the team once thought to be Marvel’s suicidal knockoff is revealed as MCU New Avengers.

Director Jake Schreier Recently he sat with Entertainment Weekly to unveiling the meaning behind the ASTERISK turning point and confirmed that it was not an end -of -game expedient. He said:

“Even if many things, almost everything, have changed around. There was the main idea of ​​these agents sent to kill each other, that I thought it was a turning point so ordered for the people who expected the suicide team of Marvel.

“And then that was the ending, and it went to a very different place, but this was the only thing we were, it doesn’t matter what we do, it will end up in that place.”

He added that the seeds were always planted.

“There are these small suggestions, so that it does not seem a total turning point to the left when [the name change] It happens. And then also in the securities, in both our post-Credit sequences, recognizing that this is not necessarily the most comfortable or perfect fit and that it will be fun to look at how it goes on. “

As for the asterisk itself, it turns out that it was part of Schreier’s tone towards wonder.

“I thought it would be a little thing: we should have a mark, put an asterisk and say:” Until we found something better. “And then they really ran with that and embraced him.

“In this study, with the amount of attention on it, it is a place where something like this could be made.”

Florence Pughwho resumes his role of Yelena Belova, admitted that he was caught off by revelation, saying:

“Yes, they will say it, and perhaps in the tag scene I am like, ‘Nah, it doesn’t matter. I was obviously really shocked, also because we have never seen these people work together before … I remember having been shocked when I read the Valentina line like Yelena – all were.”

Pugh sees the new team as a turning point for his character, adding:

“It is a great honor. It is enormous, Oh my God. It is so electrifying to think that Marvels really thought it was a chance and that they wanted to put us next to that.

“It’s enormous. He is probably keeping her alive. He has his purpose … Having people to rely on, and for them he rely on her kept her alive. She allowed her to feel loved again.”

Then there is Julia Louis -drefus’Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who essentially appoints the team on New Avengers On live TV to save his neck. It is not clear whether that move the Cement as the new nick fury or brings its bow, but Dreyfus is a game for more information:

“Well, I certainly hope so, and I can’t really say. I’m not free to say it, but I know everything is possible, and I’m ready for more game in the Marvel universe at any time. I’m ready.”

With Avengers: Doomsday Something and the new avengers now in front and in the center, it is clear that Marvel is having fun redefining what means to be a superhero team.