David Harbour Saw a Cut of THUNDERBOLTS* and He Calls It "Surprising" and "Impressive" and He Can't Wait For Fans to See It

David Harbour is hoping to get fans hyped about Marvel’s upcoming movie Thunderbolts*. Just ahead of it is Captain America: Brave New World, which we have heard a lot about, and just three months after its release, we will finally get to see where the Thunderbolts story will lead, and find out why there’s an asterisk at the end of its title.

Harbour, who plays Alexei Shostakov, aka Red Guardian, in the MCU, attended DC’s Creature Commandos junket this week.

The actor voices the character Eric Frankenstein in the series, and while at the event, CinemaBlend asked the actor how storytellers working within the superhero genre can keep things fresh. When it comes to Marvel, Harbour had this to say:

“Marvel is excited by its expansion, to a certain degree. And also, I think they're doing a bit of a course correction around getting too big, in a way, with the Disney+ stuff.

“I'm very excited for you guys to see Thunderbolts*. Because, I'm impressed with the direction they took that. And it's surprising. It's a real movie. I mean, whether you like it or not, who knows? But… I saw a cut of it, and it's very impressive.”

So it sounds like Thunderbolts* is a new kind of movie for Marvel fans, and Harbour is impressed by it! I know he can’t say much else, but I was already excited for the movie, and this is just continuing the hype for me.

Harbour went on to talk about the compelling relationships in this film, as well as across the MCU:

“That's what the film allows for. They do the good things that Marvel does well. But they also… they're paying attention to chemistry. And I think there's something about this group that's special.

“That to me felt like when you watch Scarlett Johanssen and Chris Evans. When you watch these chemistries of people that – not to say that there's romantic ties, but just the chemistry of human beings interrelated. I think that's what we need in these movies.

“Because we want to identify. We want to have an emotional hook when you see what Downey's doing with this vulnerability, and this humanity. You have all this fun, and then you have – at the center of it – a real person. And I think it's just electric.”

It all comes down to solid storytelling, and it sounds like this movie may have pulled off a great story and compelling character development. Thunderbolts* hits theaters on May 2, 2025.