Steven Yeun Drops Out Of Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts Film

this topic is moving into negative directions, let's not get into the whole "he wasn't right for the part, for so and so reasons" in fact, best to just move on from all this really, he will not be playing the role, talk about that, not why you think he would be wrong for it, let's not get into the whole race swapping thing, keep it civil.

Lol. I just saw the promo art of Steven as Sentry. It's freaking hilarious. They were actually going to dye his hair blonde. They were literally going to try to make him look like someone he looks nothing like. I think the the thought was that they were going to go with a completely new look as it has been pretty much decided Sentry is more of an entity that can use anyone as an Avatar. Now I'm excited to see who they recast and try to blonde up next.

During the grand opening of the Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood, Steven Yeun shared his thoughts on leaving Marvel's "Thunderbolts." In a conversation with Variety's Marc Malkin, he mentioned the SAG-AFTRA strike from last year as one of the factors that influenced his choice to step away from the upcoming antihero movie.

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I think for me, time passing and things shifting kind of pulled me out of it, Yeun explained. But Jake [Schreier], I know, is going to do an incredible job. I wanna do a Marvel movie, he added.

When asked about his future Marvel movie preferences, Yeun responded, I think its too early to say that. I probably pissed off too many people leaving, so Im just gonna say, Thank you for having me.'

On 1/4/2024 at 1:49 PM, AndyL said:

Well there you go. I read a report this morning where Yuen said the end of the Writer's Strike opened up some opportunities which then created a schedule conflict. Still I think that means that he had to chose another project over this one which was at the time the only project he had on deck. He still maintains he wants to work with Marvel but I guess just not this one.

Bad sign indeed.

I wouldn't be surprised if more movies have similar problems given the end of the strikes. I think I heard reports of Studios planning to trade actors to get films finished.

Well there you go. I read a report this morning where Yuen said the end of the Writer's Strike opened up some opportunities which then created a schedule conflict. Still I think that means that he had to chose another project over this one which was at the time the only project he had on deck. He still maintains he wants to work with Marvel but I guess just not this one.

Bad sign indeed.

On 1/3/2024 at 2:27 PM, AndyL said:

You misunderstand me. I didn't mean to say he's got nothing going on in general or some low level talent. As a matter of fact I think he's coming into the biggest surge in his career post TWD. What I meant is everything on his slate is either near release or in post-production. I think the only thing he even tentatively has on the slate for the moment besides this project was Invincible Season 3. Now that the Writer's strike is over he'll probably have more options but I was just insinuating that there didn't seem to be any conflicting issues affecting this decision other than he just decided to not want to be involved in the project. There was a time when most anyone in Hollywood would have killed to be involved with an MCU project at any level.

Bad sign indeed.

Ah, I see. Gotcha.

okay first off, let's keep this topic civil, don't want to see it going into negative places.

and well that is a turn of events, surprised to see someone leave a marvel film, but hey if Steven sees that's not the direction for him, well he made the choice, and now they can move on to recast, Steven just not being a part isn't going to stop this movie from materializing

On 1/3/2024 at 11:01 AM, watanabefan said:

I'm not really sure how he doesn't have a lot going on. He arguably got the gig in the first place because he just starred in a highly acclaimed Netflix series earlier this year and got an Oscar nomination 2021, and the next movie he's in is Bong Joon-Ho's first film since the Oscar-winning Parasite. He's not somebody whose career was in a rut and desperately needed Marvel.

But yes, one of your lead actors bailing is not a good sign. I'm already not very interested in this one since it seems like they chose the most boring lineup possible for a Thunderbolts movie.

You misunderstand me. I didn't mean to say he's got nothing going on in general or some low level talent. As a matter of fact I think he's coming into the biggest surge in his career post TWD. What I meant is everything on his slate is either near release or in post-production. I think the only thing he even tentatively has on the slate for the moment besides this project was Invincible Season 3. Now that the Writer's strike is over he'll probably have more options but I was just insinuating that there didn't seem to be any conflicting issues affecting this decision other than he just decided to not want to be involved in the project. There was a time when most anyone in Hollywood would have killed to be involved with an MCU project at any level.

Bad sign indeed.

On 1/3/2024 at 6:31 AM, AndyL said:

Bad sign when even a guy who doesn't seem to have all that much going on outside some voice work and a few smaller roles decides to bail on your project.

I'm not really sure how he doesn't have a lot going on. He arguably got the gig in the first place because he just starred in a highly acclaimed Netflix series earlier this year and got an Oscar nomination 2021, and the next movie he's in is Bong Joon-Ho's first film since the Oscar-winning Parasite. He's not somebody whose career was in a rut and desperately needed Marvel.

But yes, one of your lead actors bailing is not a good sign. I'm already not very interested in this one since it seems like they chose the most boring lineup possible for a Thunderbolts movie.

I kinda hope this whole project gets scratched. This Suicide Squad version of T bolts wasn't even the comics best iteration. This is the perfect time (No Avengers team, no FF, no X presence) to do the original story. Other than the fact that they never bothered setting up the Masters of Evil in any way. But Zemos hatred of heroes could lead him to now try to outdo/character assassinate them with his own team. I feel like it could work if given the chance.