Take an extended look behind the curtain of the global box office smash Thunderbolts** in this special “beyond the scenes” featurette. From intense training sessions to unscripted cast moments, see how Marvel’s most unlikely team was brought to life with raw energy, creative risks, and sharp performances from Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, and more. As both fans and the cast hail it as “The New Avengers,” this deeper dive reveals what really makes the world’s #1 movie hit differently.
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00:00Let me get a movie, baby.
00:03Whenever you're given the real thing,
00:04you are reacting, you are not acting.
00:06It changes everything.
00:08We wanted to give the beginning of the movie
00:09a little more weight and a little bit more surprise
00:12and up the states.
00:13For action, Jake said, I want things
00:15to be a lot more practical.
00:16He wanted less camera moves and more about the characters
00:19and about the story.
00:20So we decide we're going to go to Kuala Lumpur
00:22and go to the second tallest building on the planet
00:24and literally put Florence Pugh on the edge.
00:28Ah!
00:29Let's do it.
00:30Yay, OK.
00:31Hee hee!
00:32I've been excited about this since I read
00:33the first page of the script.
00:35Ta-da!
00:36Disney Help and Safety just said no.
00:38You know, and that's a very reasonable thing to say.
00:40It's not a zero risk thing to attempt.
00:43And it's only because she believed in it so much.
00:46She took it upon herself to elevate it
00:48because she trusts our amazing team.
00:50This rig behind us is the result of an incredible stunt team,
00:54which is really from the beginning set out
00:55to do something unlike anything we've ever done before.
00:57And so this allows us to descend Florence herself
01:00off the second tallest building in the world.
01:02Rolling cameras.
01:03All camera.
01:03All camera seating.
01:04Copy.
01:05Ready?
01:06And three, two, one, go!
01:09All right, ladies and gentlemen, say goodbye to the 120th floor
01:21or whatever.
01:22We shot Florence jumping off of that building in the morning
01:27and then went to another street and just blew up
01:30an entire floor of a building in the afternoon.
01:32And background and practice.
01:36OK.
01:37Assignment is, oh, wait, hang on.
01:39Assignment is complete.
01:44I love working on location because it makes everybody
01:49full of adrenaline.
01:50And it makes you so appreciative for each shot
01:52because you're like, yes, we all did that.
01:54You can actually capture something amazing and shoot it.
02:04There is this kind of human breathtaking quality to that.
02:06I'm always down for down and dirty because it gives a different flavor
02:13to the choices that you make as an actor.
02:16There's some big threat out there.
02:17And you are going to help me stop it.
02:18Wait, us?
02:19The scope is so large that I always love to fall back
02:23on the ability to at least play the moment as real,
02:27even though we're in very fantastical stakes.
02:28This team can be the hero.
02:30There are many times when you read a script and you're like,
02:32well, that's not going to happen.
02:33They're not going to let me to do that.
02:34And to see the real sets and the real effects come together,
02:36it's just been an absolute joy.
02:37Avengers, you're gone.
02:38No one's coming to save the day.
02:39We could be the people that are coming.
02:40We could be the people that are coming.
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