Marvel could be leaning in an indie direction.
At least, that’s what Florence Pugh believes about the upcoming film Thunderbolts. In a recent joint interview with the cast and creatives, Pugh told Empire magazine how different the film feels from the usual projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“It ended up becoming this quite badass indie, A24-feeling assassin movie with Marvel superheroes,” Pugh said to describe the movie.
Thunderbolts‘ director Jake Schreier, who also directed the A24-produced Netflix show Beef, was advised to make the film “something different.” He added, “There’s a certain amount of that Beef tone in it, that does feel different. There’s an emotional darkness that we brought to this that is resonant, but doesn’t come at the expense of comedy.”
Thunderbolts follows a group of unconventional antiheroes who unite to go on a mission for the government. It stars Yelena Belova (Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) and John Walker (Wyatt Russell).
Pugh went on to tease what her character sees in Bob, a member of the team played by Lewis Pullman. “Yelena sees parts of herself in him,” she said. “She’s always been someone that wants to look after people. She has a sweet spot for him, and essentially likes looking after him because he’s useless. He’s absolutely useless.”
Pugh’s comments on the Marvel edition being indie comes after Neon’s Anora swept at the Oscars — winning five awards, including best picture. So, it’s safe to say Independent cinema could be the future. Anora’s director, Sean Baker, spoke about how indie cinema is currently struggling and needs to change in his acceptance speech at the Spirit Awards last month. “The system has to change, because this is simply unsustainable. We are creating product that creates jobs and revenue for the entire industry. We shouldn’t be barely getting by. Creatives that are involved with projects that span years have to begin getting much higher upfront fees, because back end simply can’t be relied upon any longer. We have to demand that.”
The film is produced by Kevin Feige and executive produced by Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez. Thunderbolts is slated for a May 2 release date.
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