“I’ve missed it”: Sebastian Stan Can’t Wait to Return to Work With Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts After Long Absence from MCU
Sebastian Stan is all set to appear in Marvel’s Thunderbolts, which was held off due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and therefore could not make it to its initial 2024 release date. In a recent interview, he opened up about how he cannot wait to get back to the project, which will also have Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova by his side.
Sebastian Stan’s titular role as Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier, has won many hearts over the years. He has been an inseparable part of the Avengers storyline since being introduced in Captain America: The First Avenger. He last appeared in the MCU as Bucky in Falcon and the Winter Soldier and also lent his voice to the acclaimed animated series What If…?
Sebastian Stan Comments On His MCU Return In Thunderbolts
Marvel’s Thunderbolts is going to be a sequel to the MCU classics Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Captain America: Brave New World. The movie is going to be the thirty-seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fifteenth installment of Phase Six. Very little is still known about the project, except that it would be the MCU’s Suicide Squad-esque film that would gather a set of villains and anti-heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and team them up for a threat more consequential than their personal demons.
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Sebastian Stan and Florence Pugh will be the leading stars of the upcoming movie. Recently, Sebastian Stan appeared in an interview with Variety and opened up about how he is excited to get back to Marvel after three years since his last appearance in the Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
“I’m excited. I’m going to go back basically in a month or so. I’ve missed it. It’s a great cast. The batting average is so high that it’s difficult to always land everything right away. It’s always been a great experience. With this one in particular, I think there’s a lot of good things.”
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The movie will also see the live-action debut of the cult-favorite character Sentry in the Marvel comics. Some of the other characters who are set to appear are Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross.
Steven Yeun Exits MCU’s Upcoming Project Thunderbolts
It was reported back in 2023 that Steven Yeun would be playing the role of the fan-favorite Sentry in the upcoming MCU movie Thunderbolts. It would have not only been his own debut in the Marvel universe but also the live-action debut of the character he would have been playing as well. However, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Yeun would not be a part of the MCU movie anymore due to unknown reasons.
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Steven Yeun soon spoke out about the heartbreaking matter to Variety and cited the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that led to a scheduling conflict as the biggest reason behind dropping out of the project. However, he did show an interest in returning to the comic book universe again.
Thunderbolts is all set to be released on July 25, 2025.
