There were a bunch of interviews with Eric Pearson (the BW writer) recently, who did the script before it was rewritten by the director (who added Sentry) and then the Beef creators (who, well, beefed up Bucky and Alexei ((SORRY)) ). So I don't think it was ever filmed, but apparently he was sitting in the theatre and the first he heard of the big change was when he saw Antonia die! Which had to sting.
I think Olga Kurylenko's credit was probably in her contact so they didn't change it? I got this sinking feeling when she wasn't really in the trailers tho. I hope she at least got some of that MCU money.
I _know_ I read early on that Rachel Weisz would return too. Her absence was really baffling since they'd had that big family reunion in BW and she called herself Mama. Like, maybe she's fine back with her pigs, but one reason i didn't like this movie was how completely it wiped out what actually happened in BW/Hawkeye. Just get some new characters! (Like....the actual Thunderbolts even!) But Pugh was the big draw all along and they weren't going to let her go.
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Date: 2025-06-03 05:48 pm (UTC)I think Olga Kurylenko's credit was probably in her contact so they didn't change it? I got this sinking feeling when she wasn't really in the trailers tho. I hope she at least got some of that MCU money.
I _know_ I read early on that Rachel Weisz would return too. Her absence was really baffling since they'd had that big family reunion in BW and she called herself Mama. Like, maybe she's fine back with her pigs, but one reason i didn't like this movie was how completely it wiped out what actually happened in BW/Hawkeye. Just get some new characters! (Like....the actual Thunderbolts even!) But Pugh was the big draw all along and they weren't going to let her go.