‘I did my share of kicking ass’ (unique)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is packing an actual punch in Marvel’s Thunderbolts.

The forged of the huge superhero ensemble — the Veep alum together with Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Wyatt Russell, and Hannah John-Kamen — sat down for an unique interview at Leisure Weekly‘s Comedian-Con 2024 studio in San Diego on Saturday and revealed that devious bureaucrat Valentina Allegra de Fontaine is stepping into the motion this time round.

Louis-Dreyfus, who has already appeared within the MCU in Falcon and the Winter Soldier in addition to Black Widow and Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly, mentioned that Valentina is lastly getting her palms soiled. “On this movie, she actually takes benefit of individuals we have come to consider as underdogs and makes use of that to her benefit,” she teased. “It was enjoyable for me to play a hyper-manipulative one that is about 4 steps forward of everybody within the piece, and that was cool. And I did my share of kicking ass.”

The actress laughed earlier than including, “I did!”

Thunderbolts director Jake Schreier revealed Louis-Dreyfus truly requested if she may “punch somebody” of their very first assembly in regards to the movie. “And I did!” she confirmed earlier than asking the director, “Is it nonetheless within the movie?” Schreier confirmed it made the ultimate minimize … and the punch would possibly land on somebody’s throat.

The forged additionally revealed new character particulars of their unique sit-down interview. Viswanathan, who will make her MCU debut within the movie, mentioned her character is “on this planet of Valentina.”

“I am sort of her little righthand man,” Viswanathan added. “And sort of going, ‘Wait a minute? Who is that this, and what’s she doing? So we’re actually paired up, which is a dream — it is Julia Louis Dreyfus!”

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In the meantime, Pullman, who can be making his MCU debut on this film, could not say a lot about his character apart from that his identify is “Bob” … which is additionally the identify of his character from High Gun: Maverick.

“It’s extremely difficult, however that’s the normal gist,” Pullman mentioned earlier than clarifying, “They’re extremely, extremely completely different. Everybody has their very own nicknames, and Bob shouldn’t be his solely identify. Bob shouldn’t be all he goes by.”

The movie’s launch date was beforehand pushed because of the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes final yr. Thunderbolts is now scheduled to hit theaters on July 25, 2025.