THUNDERBOLTS Movie Adds THE BEAR Breakout Ayo Edebiri In A Secret Role

THUNDERBOLTS Movie Adds THE BEAR Breakout Ayo Edebiri In A Secret Role

With production slated to begin later this year, Marvel Studios is starting to fill out its Thunderbolts cast and the latest addition is The Bear and Dickinson actress Ayo Edebiri in a top secret role.

By RohanPatel - Jan 26, 2023 06:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts
Source: Deadline

Deadline is reporting that Ayo Edebiri (The BearDickinson) has joined the cast of Marvel Studios' upcoming Thunderbolts. Further details are unavailable, but the trade notes that her role is being kept heavily under wraps. 

She joins an impressive ensemble cast that features Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, and Harrison Ford as Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross. 

The Phase 5 film is being helmed by Jake Schreier (Paper Towns; Kidding), with a screenplay from Eric Pearson (Black Widow; Thor: Ragnarok) and Kevin Feige producing. 

Not much is known about the film's plot, but the rumor mill has been pointing toward Sentry being the potential big bad, although there may be more to his inclusion than meets the eye

Filming is slated to begin in June, so expect to get a lot more casting news over the coming weeks. 

While Edebiri is best known for her breakout role as Sydney Adamu in FX's acclaimed comedy-drama The Bear, her TV credits also include Netflix's Big Mouth and Apple TV+'s Dickinson. She's also a staff writer on both projects, as well as on FX's What We Do In The Shadows

Thunderbolts is set to hit theaters on July 26, 2024.

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Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 1/26/2023, 6:30 PM
Secret, huh.
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/26/2023, 6:40 PM
loved the bear. she's a lot of fun. the oner episode was one of the best things i saw on tv last year.
jeremy allen white would be a really good choice for wolverine, assuming he's interested in a role like that
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 1/26/2023, 6:56 PM
@tmp3 - I've seen a lot of people wanting him as Wolverine, I can honestly see him more as a Nightcrawler or Sinister.

My casting for Logan right now is Ray Nicholson, he's a fairly unknown actor at the moment, he's 5'9, and he just has a very feral, crazed look to him which can bring a nice difference from Hugh's Logan.
tmp3
tmp3 - 1/26/2023, 7:02 PM
@FilmGuy7878 - ray's dad is one of the greatest actors of all time, so he can't be that unknown lol. scott eastwood couldn't replicate his dad's screen presence at all, so idk about another nepotism hire without a lot of credits to his name.
i think jack o'connell's another name who'd be great for wolverine. if allen isn't wolverine, he'd be a really good hush. just any character with a lot of internal anger, really.
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 1/26/2023, 7:07 PM
@tmp3 - Oh that Hush casting is spot on. Yeah Jack's another actor who's name has been floating around the fancasting sphere.

Personally, I don't want the Reeves films to go anywhere near Hush, he's way too much like the Riddler in design and motives and I just never really got into as a character.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 1/26/2023, 6:41 PM
I heard the Bear is really good. I keep meaning to watch it.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 1/26/2023, 6:43 PM
The bear is great. She’s great in it. Sweet
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 1/26/2023, 6:59 PM
Welp there goes my Storm casting. She even starred in a series with one of my picks for Kitty Pryde (Rachel Sennott).

I've heard really good things about her in The Bear and Dickinson so I'm happy for her that she's in this.

ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 1/26/2023, 7:08 PM
Good for her. Awesome series.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/26/2023, 7:20 PM
Great on The Bear. Chemistry with Carm is A1
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 1/26/2023, 7:24 PM
The Bear is a show that I really been wanting to see when I saw some clips of it online. It probably has something to do that I got a little into cooking during quarantine so the appeal could be in it.

Hopefully she is given a good role in the film.
DUNCAN1
DUNCAN1 - 1/26/2023, 7:44 PM
My guess is she may be playing Rosetta or Regina Morgan as Lady Hawk
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 1/26/2023, 7:48 PM
@DUNCAN1 - Never heard of her but I'd be down to see more obscure villains and anti-heroes joining the Thunderbolts.
528491
528491 - 1/26/2023, 7:50 PM
These "secret" roles always turn out to be alot of nothing as far as I can tell. I think a more accurate headline would be "un-named role" because it's usually akin to a featured extra, rather than it is some secret mind bending comicbook hero reveal.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 1/26/2023, 8:12 PM
@528491 - right. Love intrest, relative to actual hero, random victim, etc.
Repian
Repian - 1/26/2023, 8:39 PM
If Wakanda is part of the Thunderbolts plot, she's my Zenzi. She has mind manipulation powers in the comics.


Zenzi could be a mutant in the MCU.
BraxtonHicks
BraxtonHicks - 1/26/2023, 10:46 PM
Blue Marvel genderbent.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 1/26/2023, 11:13 PM


Straight from the 70s.

It's her time to shine as Huggy Bear's superheroine sister!

solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 1/27/2023, 2:27 AM
Let me guess...Disney and Marvel start doing something messy...by casting her as the gender swap Sentry.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/27/2023, 10:14 AM
Do the crazy thing and make her Storm. I don't care that it doesn't fit with the Thunderbolts. The movie having a possible connection to Wakanda is enough for me.
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