Recent Marvel films have more to do with multiversal themes but the upcoming Thunderbolts*, As its director Jake Schreier teases, is more grounded.
During an interview with Games Radar+, he said, “When [screenwriter] Eric Pearson came with it with Brian Chapek, I think one of the original versions was a bit like a tough thing. “
“Or it should take place in this vault and get out of it, which would have been a very cool thing. So I think in the film’s DNA it was always a little more contained,” he added.
Elsewhere in the interview, the filmmaker said the film reviewed several rewrites. A new idea appeared and a character named Bob, played by Lewis Pullman, was introduced.
“When I first came in, worked with Eric, [it was] To find the idea of having Bob on the team with [the Thunderbolts]”Said the 43-year-old.
“In the draft before it was on parallel tracks, but it felt like they really got to know him if we are to make this work.”
Then Jake said that when new writers came on board, they added a more emotional touch to the story, especially Yelena’s (Florence Pugh) emotional journey.
He continued, “later, when [Netflix’s Beef creator] Lee Sung Jin came in, that was when it was really about a young woman who underwent a really dark phase. ”
“Much more of the smaller scenes and internal character scenes that express it, and much of that kind of metaphysical ideas [came into play]And this is where it started to feel, okay, this really becomes something else. “
“When Joanna [Calo, The Bear co-showrunner] Come in and worked on it, and did such a beautiful job, I think a lot of these team dynamics and the way they play in the vault, she brought such a big perspective on it, “Jake concluded.
Thunderbolts* will be out on May 2nd.
