Thunderbolts Almost Had Its Own Wild Red Hulk

As the roll out for Thunderbolts has revealed that the rag-tag team of mercenaries are now your New Avengers (or Avengerz, as Red Guardian put it), more is coming to light about how the film was assembled. Co-screenwriter and story writer Eric Pearson has given post-release interviews talking about Taskmaster‘s original role in the film, as well as the decision not to include Baron Zemo. Another major change just came to light—this time, regarding Wyatt Russell’s character, John Walker/U.S. Agent. Speaking to the Wrap. Pearson said the film’s line-up before Sentry’s inclusion rested on a reveal that Walker was going to turn into a Red Hulk as the film’s big bad as a fail-safe put in by Valentina. Pearson shared, “Part of Valentina’s manipulation was that she had tricked him into thinking he needed constant medication but what she was really doing was planting a time bomb in him if she needed to set him off.” That was intended to break the would-be team apart but instead would serve ... Read full article.