THUNDERBOLTS* Character Bios Reveal Why Bucky Gave Up Being A [SPOILER], Taskmaster Details, And More

THUNDERBOLTS* Character Bios Reveal Why Bucky Gave Up Being A [SPOILER], Taskmaster Details, And More

Marvel Studios has shared new images of the Thunderbolts* cast, along with character bios shedding new light on where we find each member of this team and their respective connections to Val. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Apr 06, 2025 10:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

We're less than a month away from Thunderbolts* arriving in theaters. While the movie is taking some big liberties with the comics (in place of a group of villains who pose as heroes, we're seemingly getting an origin story for the "New Avengers"), it remains undeniably intriguing.

Now, we finally have some additional details about the movie's leads.

At CinemaCon, footage shown to attendees confirmed that Bucky Barnes gives up being a Congressman. Now, we know it's because the hero realises that he can't rely on "the gears of government" to take down Valentina Allegra De Fontaine. 

We also learn that Taskmaster is working for Val, as are U.S. Agent, Yelena Belova, and Ghost. Red Guardian, meanwhile, suits up upon learning that the CIA Director plans to kill his adoptive daughter. 

Between this and what we've seen in the trailers, it seems Val has used them all for nefarious purposes and sends them after The Sentry in the hope "Bob" will kill them. That or they'll all take each other out.

You can learn more and see some newly released character images below. 

U.S. Agent: After losing the title of Captain America, John F. Walker gets a new lease on life when he finds employment with Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. That is until a covert mission turns into something much more sinister. Walker will have to face the sins of his past and team up with his fellow condemned to defeat Valentina and finally earn redemption.

Yelena Belova: Highy trained assassin, Velena Belova, accepts a mission from her employer Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the hopes that her work will bring her life a newfound purpose and direction. But when Yelena discovers that Valentina aims to eliminate her, she must team up with an unlikely group of deadly agents to take down Valentina and the immense power she wields.

Taskmaster: After being freed from the grips of the Red Room, Antonia Dreykov aka Taskmaster, has found a new life working for Valentina Allegra De Fontaine. When a routine mission goes awry, Taskmaster will have to use all the skills and weapons in her arsenal to evade Valentina's trap.

Bucky Barnes: In a world without the Avengers, Bucky Barnes has discovered a new way to fight for good as the Congressman of Brooklyn. When Bucky learns of Valentina Allegra De Fontaine's dangerous plans, he knows he can't wait for the gears of government to stop her. With a new threat on the horizon, Bucky will be forced to jump back into action and will discover what it truly means to be a leader.

Ghost: With her phasing powers now under control, outcast Ava Starr, aka Ghost, has found a new life working as a deadly operative for Valentina Allegra De Fontaine. All that changes when Ava finds herself betrayed and left for dead by her employer. In order to survive, she'll have to form a truce with her fellow rejects and learn what it means to be part of a team.

Red Guardian: Since the events of Black Widow, Alexei Shostakov has been desperate to get back into action and reclaim his glory days as the Red Guardian. When he learns of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine's plan to kill Yelena, he leaps at the opportunity to save the day. However, it is in his misguided pursuit of adoration that he'll unexpectedly learn what it really means to be a hero.

In Thunderbolts*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes - Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?

The cast of Thunderbolts* will be led by Florence Pugh as Yelena Boleva, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Wyatt Russell as U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Lewis Pullman as "Bob."

Written by Eric Pearson, Lee Sung Jin, and Joanna Calo, and directed by Jake Schreier, Thunderbolts* is currently set to be released in theaters on May 2, 2025.

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 11:04 AM
that shemale task master isn't making it out of the first set piece
koolaidbag
koolaidbag - 4/6/2025, 5:44 PM
@harryba11zack - dude, holy crap that word is offensive! I know everyone has their wacky personalities on here but that’s the trans communities equivalent to the N word man. Do better.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 5:57 PM
@koolaidbag - Taskmaster had a "she" for a head and the body of a "male". Shemale is scientifically the accurate description of what we were giving onscreen.

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koolaidbag
koolaidbag - 4/6/2025, 10:32 PM
@harryba11zack - Dude seriously, stop being a bigoted child. Even if you didn’t know already, I just educated you on the harmfulness of that word only for you to use it again. Stop being disrespectful.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/7/2025, 2:22 AM
@koolaidbag -

Barely anyone comes to White people's aid when White people are called offensive things.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/7/2025, 2:23 AM
@harryba11zack -

Let's be more sensitive to the he-shes.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/7/2025, 6:48 AM
@koolaidbag - u gonna go educate p0rnhub? i mean they got a whole category just for that "offensive" word if your interested.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/6/2025, 11:05 AM
This is Feige changing decisions depending on what he ate for breakfast.

Really sucks for these characters to just be thrown around doing stuff that doesnt make sense.

He is an assassin programmed by the Russians. The mere mentiom of Russia will not get a vote in America in the real world.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/6/2025, 11:20 AM
@vectorsigma -

Well, besides from a bunch of communists.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/6/2025, 11:22 AM
@MakeAmericaGrea - so america really has poor intelligence that communists can vote?

And they did all that to poor Oppehnehimer 😅
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/6/2025, 11:45 AM
@vectorsigma - Um.... have you seen who's in the White House right now?
BassMan
BassMan - 4/6/2025, 12:40 PM
@vectorsigma - Thats hilarious given the current government of the United States
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/6/2025, 12:48 PM
@ObserverIO - i know a lot hates him. But at the same time a lot also supports him. But he is no communist.
vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 4/6/2025, 12:54 PM
@BassMan - it's messy but it is not communist.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/6/2025, 12:58 PM
@vectorsigma - Neither's Putin. Russia's a capitalist country now.
dragon316
dragon316 - 4/6/2025, 1:52 PM
@vectorsigma - hard to say before avengers end game people saying marvel is perfect do no wrong they make percent stuff and dc makes trash hard to say what will happen taskmaster we still have race swap of valkery and kang
BassMan
BassMan - 4/6/2025, 3:25 PM
@vectorsigma - you didn’t say communism, you said Russia.
elcapitan
elcapitan - 4/6/2025, 5:18 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - Better to be a communist than a heartless piece of sh*t!
ninerstreet
ninerstreet - 4/6/2025, 10:48 PM
@vectorsigma - If I were a betting man (and I’ve been known to make a wager) I’d take the bet that “Krasnov” is a Putin plant and the former soft porn model is his “Handler” it makes perfect sense to be honest.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/7/2025, 2:28 AM
@elcapitan -

But communists are heartless pieces of shit.
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 4/6/2025, 11:06 AM
Where did it say Bucky has given up being a Congressman?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/6/2025, 11:19 AM
@Gmoney84 -

It doesn't.

Josh doesn't believe it says that either.

He just wants money from posts being made, including posts saying the bio doesn't say James stops being a congressman.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 4/6/2025, 11:48 AM
@Gmoney84 - It was already confirmed at CinemaCon that he gives up being a Congressman. This explains why.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 4/7/2025, 2:31 AM
@JoshWilding -

But the bio doesn't say Bucky gave up being a congressman, as the headline says or implies.
Polaris
Polaris - 4/6/2025, 11:10 AM
All the character bios mention how they have to face or stop Valentina, except Taskmaster's. Her bio doesn't mention anything beyond the trap...
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 4/6/2025, 2:20 PM
@Polaris - Because she dies to sell the idea that Valentina wants to kill her mercenaries. And then we will probably get Tony Masters taking the technology and becoming the real Taskmaster.
Polaris
Polaris - 4/6/2025, 2:27 PM
@SonOfAGif - I doubt we'll ever get Tony Masters.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/6/2025, 3:16 PM
@Polaris - I feel it’s become too obvious that she will die so I’m thinking there’s perhaps another thing that happens…

Maybe she leaves midway through?

I just don’t want it to be a waste because I do think this version of the character has potential.

Plus , it’s not like there hasn’t been a female Taskmaster before.

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Polaris
Polaris - 4/6/2025, 3:22 PM
@TheVisionary25 - She could side with Valentina after the trap, or get trapped in the void.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 4/6/2025, 3:22 PM
@Polaris - both are definitely possible aswell
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 4/6/2025, 11:28 AM
Trashmaster
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 4/6/2025, 11:52 AM
I love this "World without an Avengers" so much that I think they should keep it going after Secret Wars, on Disney+. Not on the big screen though, hahaha, oh we laugh and we laugh and we laugh out loud and we laugh our [frick]ing asses off and have fun no.
No not on the big screen, that would be Marvel Studios committing suicide if they did that.
This version of the Sacred Timeline has run it's course.

But a Thunderbolts TV show alongside Champions and maybe something with FalconCap or whatever, sure let Brad Winderbaum have all of those.

But let Feige have a new universe, free of the shackles of Disney+ and of the old timeline.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 4/6/2025, 1:04 PM
They better bring back the REAL Taskmaster

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dragon316
dragon316 - 4/6/2025, 1:54 PM
@GodHercules20 - as long he’s stupid white trunks not laughing joke sure modernize costume with what they did with captain America in movies captain America doenst wear pirate boots and gloves full mask in avengers not one comaplaint
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 2:02 PM
@GodHercules20 - if they ever bring in Anthony Masters he sure as hell will not look anything like that, same reason why we probably won't be seeing the punisher with the logo anytime soon on the bring screen. Skulls are a big no no in the chinese market
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 4/6/2025, 2:25 PM
@harryba11zack - China didn't ban Ghost Rider or Cap TFA or Avengers IW or Avengers Endgame
for Red Skull

But they did ban Shang Chi (for some reason) Eternals (LGTVQNED+) and Doctor Strange MoM (LGTVQNED+)

harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 3:02 PM
@GodHercules20 - fortnite
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chinese fortnite
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Polaris
Polaris - 4/6/2025, 3:15 PM
@harryba11zack - What's the reason?
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 4/6/2025, 3:24 PM
@Polaris - The Chinese are extremely superstitious, It is considered to be incredibly culturally insensitive to depict skeletons in Chinese culture.
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