Marvel fans are expecting character deaths in Thunderbolts – and they're already predicting which ones
The Thunderbolts are coming to the MCU next year, but Marvel fans are already wondering how long the supergroup will last before one – or more – bites the dust.
They're a group of supervillains (or characters that have been antagonists at one point or another within the MCU) who go on government missions – and we've already seen John Walker (Wyatt Russell) and Yelena (Florence Pugh) get recruited by Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the Black Widow post-credits scene.
Joining them is Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, and Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost.
One Reddit user points out that, like DC's Suicide Squad, this is a team of "expendable" agents. "Surely we can't expect them all to survive their first movie." The Redditor thinks Bucky and Yelena should be safe as the most popular characters among MCU fans, but others aren't so sure about the Winter Soldier's fate.
"Well, according to the recent rumors, Bucky isn't safe, and I wouldn't count on the character surviving the movie. They want emotional impact, and he's reasonably popular so he's a goner," commented another user.
"If they kill off Bucky in this movie then I might be done with the MCU," wrote another fan. "Honestly, same. Bucky's my favorite character and I love Sebastian Stan playing him. I've stuck with the MCU so far, but that would be my straw," added another.
As for the other 'Bolts, the OP thinks Ghost and Taskmaster might be on thin ice as they're not major players and Red Guardian might get a "semi-glorious" death, but suggests that Walker has "more stories to tell".
"I wouldn't write off Ghost so quickly," counters
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