The Marvel Cinematic Universe continually places out new content material for followers, each in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. One latest film title is Thunderbolts*, which carried out effectively on the field workplace upon its launch. The film shockingly killed off Olga Kurylenko’s Taskmaster early on, however the actress lately revealed that she initially made it approach additional into the film’s runtime. Let’s break it down.
The Thunderbolts* forged record was stuffed with villains and antiheroes, making it one of many largest crossovers in latest reminiscence. Followers who spent years watching the Marvel films so as will bear in mind three of them originated from Black Widow: Yelena, Crimson Guardian, and Taskmaster. In a translated interview (through ComicBook), Kurylenko spoke about authentic plans for the blockbuster, providing:
Within the first script, my character was there till the top, but it surely wasn’t the identical script in any respect. After the strike, the script had nothing to do with it. They modified the idea, they modified the story, the locations, the place it befell. It wasn’t the identical anymore. It’s a pity. It was a cool character.
Effectively, I’ve bought FOMO. Taskmaster was the one member of the staff who bought killed off all through Thunderbolts* runtime, and she or he solely bought one line of dialogue earlier than Ghost put her down. And now I am inquisitive about how the character would have functioned within the bigger story if she was allowed to stay round. I imply, her historical past with Yelena alone could be fascinating to see performed out.
It undoubtedly looks like Olga Kurylenko bought the quick finish of the stick on this equation. On high of her function being lowered to principally a cameo, the remainder of the staff is already set to return for upcoming Marvel films. The Thunderbolts aka the New Avengers have already been confirmed in Avengers: Doomsday‘s forged announcement, in order that they’ll get to crossover with different groups of heroes just like the Avengers, X-Males and Improbable 4. Their collision with the latter staff was teased within the Thunderbolts* credit scene, so plainly everybody however Taskmaster has a vibrant future within the shared universe.
Followers put collectively that Taskmaster is perhaps in bother lengthy earlier than the blockbuster truly hit theaters again in Could. She was noticeably lacking from most footage from the Thunderbolts* trailers, in addition to any group photographs of the staff collectively. However the truth that she was initially going to be in the entire film earlier than re-writes occurred is certainly a bummer for each the actress and followers of the character.
Thunderbolts* is out there to bought and re-watched digitally now. The following MCU blockbuster hitting theaters is The Improbable 4: First Steps on July twenty fifth as a part of the 2025 film launch record. Sadly Taskmaster seemingly will not return to the franchise anytime quickly.