After solely having one launch in 2024, the 2025 film schedule has three upcoming Marvel films on it. Whereas many could also be wanting ahead to seeing Harrison Ford hulk out or excited to see Pedo Pascal be part of the MCU, Sebastian Stan simply received me hyped for Thunderbolts* by, fairly surprisingly, evaluating the movie to an ‘80s basic, The Breakfast Membership.
Following his Golden Globe win, Sebastian Stan spoke to Deadline about his return to the position of Bucky Barnes on this summer time’s MCU team-up film Thunderbolts*. The group has been described as Marvel’s model of the Suicide Squad, as a group of… the time period “heroes” is one thing of a misnomer, are pressured to work collectively. Stan may be very excessive on the dynamic of the group and compares the totally different characters, and actors, being pressured collectively, to the misfit teenagers of John Hughes’ basic comedy. Stan mentioned…
I don’t really feel you may evaluate it to any earlier Marvel film, and that’s due to the group of characters on this movie and these actors. I couldn’t have had a greater time than I did with David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. I imply, each single one among these individuals are humorous, they’re beneficiant, and so I feel plenty of that chemistry did make it into the film, and I’m excited for folks to see that. It’s a bit bit like The Breakfast Membership.
I in all probability would have by no means thought-about evaluating Thunderbolts* to The Breakfast Membership however listening to the comparability, it makes some sense. In the identical approach that The Breakfast Membership introduced collectively 5 teenagers who would have by no means spoken to one another beneath regular circumstances, Thunderbolts* is identical approach: a group of people that aren’t precisely group gamers.
And whereas all Marvel films have a specific amount of humor. Sebastian Stan makes it sound like Thunderbolts* may be an excellent funnier entry within the franchise, which is one other approach it is going to be like The Breakfast Membership. The Thunderbolts* trailer definitely reveals that this might be a humorous film. It would not appear to be a straight comedy, however might get nearer than any MCU film earlier than it.
In fact, a technique it is going to be totally different is that The Breakfast Membership didn’t have any exploding automobiles. Stan continued…
It has its personal vibe, and it’s humorous, and it’s actual, and we did precise actual stunts, like while you’re watching a truck blow up, it’s a truck blown up. It’s not CGI. Marvel actually wished this to have its own- there have been many issues within the film that have been truly performed virtually, and I feel that does go a great distance, as a result of individuals are simply sensible. I feel audiences simply, they know.
Truthfully, now that I’m fascinated about Thunderbolts* as The Breakfast Membership with superheroes (and likewise exploding automobiles) I’m much more fascinated by it. It sounds prefer it could possibly be plenty of enjoyable. We’ll discover out when the Thunderbolts* launch date arrives in Might.