By Thunderbolts actor David Harbour has disclosed that some clips from the trailer will not be included in the final version of the Marvel ensemble film.
“It’s been entertaining to observe the marketing too because there are numerous pieces on the cutting room floor that perhaps the marketing team just chose – small moments that aren’t in the film that they are simply using,” Harbour, who returns as the Russian hero Red Guardian in Thunderbolts, mentioned to Digital Spy.
In this case, it was less about Marvel’s misleading tactics to hide spoilers and more about a cast (including Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and Sebastian Stan) having fun and joking around.
Of course, Marvel has an extensive history of scenes appearing in trailers that ultimately don’t appear on the big screen.
This includes Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk showing up in the promotional material for Avengers: Infinity War’s Battle of Wakanda, despite the Green Giant being soundly beaten by Thanos earlier and Bruce Banner instead needing to don the Hulkbuster suit.
Avengers: Age of Ultron featured several moments that mysteriously disappeared from trailers to theaters, while Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness also had scenes omitted from its theatrical release after having initially highlighted them in pre-release content.
Thunderbolts, featuring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Lewis Pullman, and Hannah John-Kamen, arrives in UK theaters on May 1 and in US theaters on May 2.
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