Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur is home to the world's second-tallest structure. With a height of 2,227 feet, it is known as the Merdeka 118. For Thunderbolts*, Florence Pugh really leaped off it. Yelena jumps off the building at a scene where she is thinking about her sister's passing and the emptiness inside of her. She appears to be taking her own life in the moment, but any reasonably perceptive spectator can recognize that one of the film's main characters is not going to do this in a preview clip.
 
As it happens, Florence Pugh was the one who actually leaped from the building.  No, she didn't utilize a stunt double, and it wasn't computer-generated imagery. Pugh told Deadline about the Thunderbolts* world premiere, which is surely a harrowing experience, and said the following, “I actually think stepping into the mind of Yelena saved me because in that scene she’s not supposed to be scared, she’s supposed to just be, like, chilling up there. So I had to just pretend like I was her. ‘It’s fine, I’m just dangling with my feet off that insane height.’ So it actually saved me.”

She further said, “It’s our duty as actors to protect and defend your characters and to put in the life. There’s so much that’s on the page, but it’s really what you add to it in the last 20% that actually makes every character that any actor plays. There’s so many -isms that I was very welcomed into putting into the movie.”



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G GOWTHAM

30/04/2025 11:35 AM