Thunderbolts*
Summary
Among the raw team that will be insert in the respite of theMarvel Cinematic Universe ’s Phase 5 is theThunderbolts , and unhappily , the MCU wasted the unadulterated character for this team eight years ago . The Multiverse Saga has seen various change in the MCU ’s teams and confederation , with some teams go on their final adventures ( as is the case for the Guardians of the Galaxy ) , fresh teams being enter ( like the Eternals ) , and characters from retiring motion picture joining force-out to form a alone group , as is about to hap in Thunderbolts .
The Thunderbolts ’ arrival at the MCU has been in development since June 2022 , and in September of that same year , the prescribed production line - up and primary cast were announced : Bucky Barnes ( Sebastian Stan ) , Ghost ( Hannah John - Kamen ) , U.S. Agent ( Wyatt Russell ) , Yelena Belova ( Florence Pugh ) , Red Guardian ( David Harbour ) , Taskmaster ( Olga Kurylenko ) , and Valentina Allegra de Fontaine ( Julia Louis - Dreyfuss).Of class , more characters are expect to be announced as part ofThunderbolts , and there ’s one who would have been perfect for it , but Marvel wasted him back in Phase 3 .
Marvel Studios is formally working on a Thunderbolts moving picture , with production to begin in 2023 . Here ’s all you need to know about the Thunderbolts !
Brock Rumlow Fits The Grounded Paramilitary Feel Of The MCU Thunderbolts
Crossbones would be the perfect addition to Thunderbolts
In Marvel Comics , the Thunderbolts are an antihero team formed mostly by reformed supervillains . Thunderbolts was created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley and the squad made its first appearance inThe Incredible Hulk(vol . 2 ) # 449 , in 1997 . The Thunderbolts squad has gone through unlike versions since its debut , and various Marvel characters have been part of it at some point , such as Baron Zemo , Hawkeye , Green Goblin , Luke Cage , and even Ant - Man . The team love as “ Thunderbolts atomic number 23 ” counted on the acquirement of Brock Rumlow a.k.a . Crossbones , a mercenary often use by villains , and who made his MCU debut in Phase 2 .
Rumlow made his first MCU appearance inCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , and he was played by Frank Grillo . Rumlow turned out to be a HYDRA infiltrator who had been amaze as a SHIELD agentand STRIKE ’s field of operation air force officer . Rumlow ’s training under both HYDRA and SHIELD turned him into an expert in street fighting , martial humanities , and military fighting techniques , and he was also an expert spy , tactician , and master marksman . Rumlow ’s background and experience make him a perfect fit forThunderboltsas the flick has a grounded paramilitary look , and he ’s not a part with great power .
The members of the Thunderbolts do n’t have world power .
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The members of the Thunderboltsdon’t have superpowers , with some being the resultant role of the Super Soldier Serum , which does n’t interpenetrate its subject with superpowers , instead enhancing various aspects to make them a peak human . The only character with superpowers is Ghost , so it ’s not a requirement to have superpowers to get together the Thunderbolts , so Crossbones definitely fits the team .
Crossbones Would Give The Thunderbolts Team An Actual Villain
Crossbones would be the actual villain among redeemed ones.
As mention above , the Thunderbolts squad is formed by ransomed villains , though in the case of the MCU ’s adaptation , some of them were n’t villains to start with . Bucky Barnes was brainwash and manipulated by HYDRA for decades , Yelena Belova was n’t a villain but her motif were confutable at one point , and Red Guardian was n’t a villain , either . John Walker / U.S.Agent became a villain inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierafter taking aversion of the Super Soldier Serum , but by the remainder of the serial , he ended up saving surety and attend to Bucky in capturing the Flag Smashers .
Ghost was the villain inAnt - Man and the Wasp , but at the final stage of it , she was no longer one after explain why she had been doing what she did . Taskmaster also suffice as an resister , though the real villain was her founding father , Dreykov , who had brainwash her to do what he say her to . Atthe end ofBlack Widow , Taskmaster was given an counterpoison to breach her costless , and it ’s unknown where she has been since then .
Crossbones , on the other bridge player , never redeemed himself nor did he show any remorsefor everything he did . During the struggle at the Triskelion inCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , a Helicarrier crash into the Triskellion , vanquish Rumlow . However , Rumlow subsist , though he was badly wounded and was left resistant to pain . Rumlow blamed Captain America for what befall to him and continued to go after him inCaptain America : Civil War . Adding Crossbones to the Thunderbolts team , whatever his intentions could be , would have made the squad more legitimately virtuously grey as he would have been the only true villain .
Crossbones Actor Frank Grillo Agrees Rumlow’s MCU Tenure Was Too Short
Crossbones was killed off too quickly after his MCU debut.
After his abbreviated appearance inCaptain America : The Winter Soldier , Crossbones had an even abbreviated coming into court inCaptain America : Civil War . Crossbones appeared at the beginning , during the Lagos catastrophe , and he break when he activated the explosives in his suit , as he planned to activate them to take Captain America ’s aliveness along with his own , but Wanda Maximoff arrest the explosion and Crossbones pass away . Frank Grillo has agreed that Crossbones ’ time in the MCU was too short , read that he “ was a little soused off ” about how quickly his story add up to an end , but his declaration with Marvel cover seven movies .
Frank Grillo ’s Crossbones could return at some point as part of the multiverse , as there are still versions of the character across the multiverse who have n’t snuff it and who have go through whole dissimilar experiences . Crossbones would be a perfect addition to theThunderboltsteam , but it ’s highly unlikely he will be bring back in the main MCU timeline .
