‘Thunderbolts*’ Director on That Credits Scene, Shame Rooms They Didn’t Use and Making a Marvel Movie About Depression: ‘I Don’t Want This to Be the Weird One’

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments, including the ending, of Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts*,” currently playing in theaters.

The climactic battle in “Thunderbolts*” is unlike any other Marvel Studios movie in its 17 year history. Throughout the film, whenever members of the titular ad-hoc antihero team come into physical contact with Bob Reynolds (Lewis Pullman), they find themselves suddenly sucked inside the memory of one of their greatest shames. For Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), it’s when she lured her friend to her death as her first test for the Red Room. For John Walker (Wyatt Russell), it’s sniping at his wife and neglecting his crying son in the

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