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Florence Pugh on Yelena’s Emotional Journey in ‘Thunderbolts*’ and Why Having So Many Stars in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Is ‘Nutso Sauce’

Florence Pugh discusses Yelena's emotional journey in 'Thunderbolts*' and what she's anticipating for 'Avengers: Doomsday.'

At last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con, Pugh revealed that she had a major stunt in “Thunderbolts”: jumping off the second tallest building in the world, Merdeka, a 118-story skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Indeed, the freefall underscores the idea that “ Thunderbolts*,” in theaters now, is a totally different kind of Marvel movie — one that uses its action to alert the audience that Pugh’s kick-ass mercenary Yelena Belova is not really enjoying her job. That’s the early vibe of director Jake Schreier’s superhero team-up movie, which assembles a crew of antiheroes — Black Widow agent Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh); Bucky Barnes, a.k.a.

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