David Harbour’s time as Hellboy proved to be a one-and-done affair, however he managed to search out comedian e-book film success shortly thereafter. The Stranger Issues star debuted as Alexei Shostakov, a.ok.a. Pink Guardian, in 2021’s Black Widow, after which after voicing an alternate model of the character final yr in What If… ? Season 3, he reprised Pink Guardian onscreen on the 2025 motion pictures schedule for Thunderbolts*. Now Harbour is within the midst of taking part in his MCU character as soon as extra for December 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday, and the actor opened up by how shocked he was to see the large scale of this upcoming Marvel film.
With somewhat over a yr to go till Doomsday hits theaters, Harbour make clear his expertise working with administrators Joe and Anthony Russo on what would be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s thirty ninth film. He began off by saying to ScreenRant:
I used to be not even satisfied once we began, and this film’s gonna be actually good. They’ve a particular sauce. I do not even actually perceive, however they [the Russos] simply know the best way to do these items. And I believe that as evidenced in Civil Battle, as evidenced in Infinity Battle, there’s one thing concerning the layers during which they put the comedy and the drama and the surprises and the dimensions and the epicness and all that stuff. It is unbelievable.
Joe and Anthony Russo entered the MCU to direct 2014’s Captain America: Civil Battle, and from there they tackled Captain America: Civil Battle, Avengers: Infinity Battle and Avengers: Endgame, three of this franchise’s most consequential installments. So having already seen their high quality work within the franchise, David Harbour wasn’t involved that Avengers: Doomsday wouldn’t comply with go well with, and up to now he hasn’t been confirmed fallacious. Doomsday started filming in late April, and the manufacturing is anticipated to final six months.
Even figuring out he was in good arms with the Russos, David Harbour was nonetheless impressed by the units constructed for Avengers: Doomsday, in addition to the caliber of expertise performing alongside him and the lodging supplied to them. As he put it:
I’ll say I’ve by no means been on a set like this in my life. I’ve by no means seen something like this. You noticed these chairs. So it is like, each a type of guys and ladies has a trailer. It is simply insane to go searching the room and be like, ‘Oh my god, I am within the film. There’s what’shisface doing that speech’. It is simply monumental.
Pink Guardian will soar again into motion alongside his New Avengers teammates Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker/U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Ava Starr/Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Bob Reynolds/Sentry (Lewis Pullman). They’ll be part of forces with the Avengers, Improbable 4, X-Males and different characters towards the multiversal menace that’s Robert Downey Jr.’s Physician Doom. In truth, Thunderbolts*’ post-credits scene teased this coming team-up by exhibiting the New Avengers witnessing the arrival of a spaceship with the Improbable 4 brand on it.
Whereas we look forward to extra updates on Avengers: Doomsday, do not forget that Thunderbolts* can now be streamed with a Disney+ subscription. David Harbour will even be again on our small screens within the subsequent few months when Stranger Issues’ last season is launched in three components to Netflix subscription holders.