While the release date of Thunderbolts* Approach, Florence Pugh explained that she literally jumped in a vacuum for the film (and it is not a metaphor).
Following the critical and commercial failure of Captain America : Brave new worldwhich seemed to be a new nail in the coffin of phase 4 of the MCU, the Thunderbolts* by Jake Schreier is preparing to land, with the heavy task of reviving the interest of the public (or trying to relaunch the flat electroencephalogram of phase 4, question of point of view). While the deadline is approaching, Marvel redoubles efforts to seduce the public.
After a trailer that presented the villain of Suicide Squad from Marvel, we were treated to an extract from Thunderbolts* Where Florence Pugh was in full depression. In this last extract, we saw the actress who embodies the new black widow, Yelena Belova, throwing herself into the void from the second highest skyscraper in the world. A cascade with Tom Cruise, which Marvel would have (a priori) preferred to avoid, but Florence Pugh would have insisted heavily to make it in person.
Mission Impossible : Thunderbolts*
Interviewed by the media FandangoFlorence Pugh explained that initially, production had planned to use special effects for this scene. But The actress made feet and hands to make the jump herself. Faced with Marvel’s reluctance, especially for insurance reasons, the actress has multiplied the steps, going so far as to write directly to the great architect of the MCU, Kevin Feige, to plead her cause.
“I was in all email loops. It was in the script, then as we were approaching filming, they started to say that it was probably going to be done, because it was a nightmare level insurance, and obviously, I was not going to swing me from the second highest skyscraper in the world “
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The actress had an entirely found argument: that of The marketing impact of such a waterfall, made by a woman, without lining. And she was right: after the broadcast of the trailer, Marvel hastened to put online a making-of of this sequence, which quickly became viral, offering a hell of a publicity Thunderbolts*.
« I was there: what? Seriously ? Of course we will do it! We have to do it. I was a real insolent annoyer by sending emails to Kevin [Feige] In mode: “It will make a box during the promotion” … I had to insist again and again, until they end up saying: “Ok, if you want to jump from the second highest skills in the world, we will work out. The heights do not bother me. In fact, I rather like it. But there, it was another level, completely crazy. The mental control that I had to have that day was literally a super-power. »»
The shooting of This scene was very trying for Florence Pugh. She had to jump several times, and each test exhausted her completely, physically and psychologically. After each jump, she collapsed with fatigue, and had to “Sleep for three hours” To recover.
His performance necessarily recalls that of Tom Cruise in Impossible mission: Ghost protocolwhen he had climbed the Burj Khalifa from Dubai, an 829 meter tower and includes 162 floors. For her waterfall, Florence Pugh threw himself from the top of the Kuala Lumpur Merdeka 118, whose arrow culminates at 678.9 meters and whose top floor is 525.2 meters.
Thunderbolts* will be released in France on April 30, 2025.
