This brand new Marvel directed by Jake Schreier brings together Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Olga Kurylenko, to name a few. And among my moments to remember, the jump made by Florence Pugh from the top of a skyscraper from Kuala Lumpur.
Let’s forget for a moment all the rest of this Thunderbolts* Very successful, because more “mature” and intimate than the usual Marvel to focus only on the jump from the top of the Mourdeka 118 building, the second highest skyscraper in the world which rises to 679 m and which overlooks the Malaysian capital.
The context is the evil of living experienced by Yelena Belova, ex-Black Widow, successor by Scarlett Johansson, and the jump was unveiled by the studios in a video put online before the film’s release. “I must still say, above all, that no waterfall is possible without the team that created it and which supports the actors during the weeks preceding the shooting,” said Florence Pugh at the press conference held at the end of last week and in which the QMI agency participated.
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“When I read the script and I read the first page, I found that the film started in an impressive way. This is what allowed me to understand the state in which Yelena was. We think she wants life and I remember saying that it was incredibly powerful to start a film in this way. ”
“As a public, we immediately understand the feelings it experiences. And [le fait qu’elle soit en haut du gratte-ciel, prête à sauter] is not a pleasant image. When she actually throws herself into a vacuum, the public stomach contracts, because it is an image that we only associate with something terrible, “she continued.
“Yelena is lost, she has no reason to be there. She lost her sister and family. His relationship with her father is reduced to nothing, ”said the British actress, also chosen by Denis Villeneuve for her saga Dune in reference to the events seen in Black Widow.
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“She is happy to put herself in danger and it is for this reason that during the first sessions of fitting the costumes, I wanted her to wear normal clothes, not her super heroine costume. She needed to be dressed in a way that did not protect her. This means that she goes on a mission without any of the gadgets of her costume, she is completely defenseless, and at the mercy of the situation as she wants someone to end her suffering. ”
“And of course,” she adds with a big laugh, I had to play at the top of one of the highest buildings in the world, pretending to be afraid. It was crazy! “
It was in Jake Schreier, during a head to face interview, that we asked for details on this incredible waterfall.
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Because the director, including the first feature film Robot et Frank had marked the spirits, tells us about having “pushed” Marvel and Kevin Feige, the big boss. “He had liked the idea that we made many more“ real ”waterfalls [par opposition aux effets par ordinateur]but that of Florence was special. ”
“At the beginning of the preproduction, I asked Florence how she felt height and I started talking to her, while specifying that I could not ask her and that it was her decision! As soon as she accepted, she did not drop despite the countless pressures from the Disney security department. When Florence wants to do something, she can be very convincing! ”
Emptiness and isolation
The question of mental health is at the heart of this feature film, the most human and sensitive of the previous 33 Marvel. Because the unlikely team made up, to his defending body, by Yelena, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Red Guardian (David Harbour) as well as Bob, future Sentry (Lewis Pullman) will have a mesh Louis-Dreyfus), the director of the CIA, thirsty for power.
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“My university friend and former roommate, Jon Watts, made all the Spider-Man And he appreciated so much … In addition, I was the director of the second team to Spider -Man – The reunion So where I got to know the people of Marvel. I told myself that there was an opportunity to search the characters with the actors. ”
“We wanted to do something completely different in this universe. Mix the psychological study with the resources of a superproduction, all projected on a cinema screen to an audience that cares about the characters … Who would not want to embark on such an adventure? “Said the filmmaker, who also officiated in the excellent series Beef From Netflix and of which he hired the creator, Lee Sung Jin, to rewrite the scenario in order to give him a lack of depth.
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“These feelings of emptiness and isolation are not questions that affect a minority of people, they are universal and Lee strongly believes in it. For him and for us, the series Beef is universal and its success has proven public interest. With Thunderbolts* And given the antagonist – Sentry transforming into void – we had the perfect opportunity to widen the subject. And in addition, when you have an actress of the caliber of Florence, one can only want to give her a scenario up to her talent. ”
Obviously arises the question of the weariness of moviegoers, constantly bombed with superhero films that all look alike. For Jake Schreier, the “Marvel recipe” did not take into account.
“I did not ask myself the question. What I felt, on the other hand, is a clear will of Marvel to let us explore our creativity in order to offer a completely different feature film. I don’t know what we imagine of Marvel, but I know that by working there, Kevin Feige and Louis d’Esposito [le coprésident de Marvel] Like the cinema deeply, like popular films, which attract moviegoers in theaters. ”
“None of the decisions we made was by asking us if this is what the public expected or wanted. We have done what we can do best. I will not lie, I admit that I was surprised by the opening of Marvel to let us try new things and they have always supported us, which pushed us to be even more inventive. And Kevin pushed me to do things that I would never have imagined being able to do, “he concluded.
