“This movie’s a real opportunity for me to really explore the Val character.
You really get to know what she’s made of, and even a lot of her backstory.
She’s in it to win it.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Chris Bauer, ‘Thunderbolts'.Chuck Zlotnick*
“You’re going to see her entire plan unfold,” she confirms with a smile.
There’s a lot of suspense, which is very groovy."
Ever since Val first popped up inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierto recruit John Walker’s misguided U.S. “Her intentions aren’t necessarily pure,” Louis-Dreyfus says.
Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hannah John-Kamen, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, ‘Thunderbolts'.Chuck Zlotnick*
She laughs as she decides on that for Val’s new label.
“It’s the original, isn’t that cool?
“She’s somebody who’s definitely trying to prove herself.
Wyatt Russell, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, ‘Thunderbolts'.Chuck Zlotnick*
And in that sense, maybe she has something in common with the Thunderbolts…
But that’s me saying that.
I’m not sure she understands that.”
Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, ‘Thunderbolts'.Chuck Zlotnick*
She’s a user of anti-heroes.
“I’ll be honest with you, she throws one punch,” the actor now says.
“But it’s an effective punch.”
“I wish I could have done more of it,” Louis-Dreyfus says.
“I felt like a badass.
And I was wearing a really cool black leather coat and it just felt exactly correct.
It was phenomenal.”
“There’s not these special effects that go on for hours.
It’s people doing their own stunts.
“I’m kind of only doing this so that they’ll be impressed.
I can’t wait for them to see the movie.
I think they’re going to get a real kick out of it.”
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She laughs as she admits she hasn’t told them a single secret or spoiler about the movie.
But it hasn’t been for lack of trying.
“I’ve never been involved with a project like this where so much is kept under wraps.
It’s like working for the CIA of show business.
I am so terrified that I’m going to f— up unwittingly.
But so far I haven’t.”
Val would be proud.
Thunderbolts*opens in theaters on May 2, 2025.
