THUNDERBOLTS* Star Lewis Pullman Teases Sentry's Role In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY; "He's A Very Good Asset"

THUNDERBOLTS* Star Lewis Pullman Teases Sentry's Role In AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY; "He's A Very Good Asset"

In a new interview, Thunderbolts* star Lewis Pullman teases his return as Bob/Sentry for Avengers: Doomsday, explaining the Golden Guardian's new dynamic with his teammates...

By MarkCassidy - May 10, 2025 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Thunderbolts

Along with the rest of the main cast of Thunderbolts* (with one notable exception), Lewis Pullman is set to return for Avengers: Doomsday, and the actor has now teased Bob/Sentry's role in the next major Marvel Studios event movie.

Spoilers for Thunderbolts* follow.

At the end of the antihero team-up film, Bob joins his new allies as a member of The New Avengers, but he makes it very clear in the post-credits scene that he doesn't want to risk becoming the Sentry again in case the Void takes over.

During a new interview with Men's Health, Pullman revealed that his teammates are going to be keeping a very close eye on Bob in Doomsday, while also trying to figure out a way to harness the "power of a thousand exploding suns" without unleashing his inner darkness upon the world.

"The Thunderbolts don’t want to let him out of their sight, because they realize that if he’s caught in the wrong hands, or if he’s not being supported enough by the right people, he might be dangerous. But they also want to keep him close in case they can figure out a way to use him. He’s a very good asset. It’s a hard situation they’re in. With all the other characters that are going to be in Avengers: Doomsday, there will be so many opportunities to figure out how each might come into play—and how Bob might come into play with any of them."

We don't anticipate the Sentry playing too big a role in the events of Doomsday (nobody is lasting very long against such a powerful foe, not even Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom), so expect Pullman to stay in "Bob mode" for most of the movie.

Pullman also spoke about landing the role after Steven Yeun was forced to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.

"They were in a bit of a scramble to find a guy. Obviously, knowing that, it was a big pair of shoes to try to step into. And in that massive world, it’s hard to remember that you have your own things that you can bring into it. Your job is to fit into the world and assimilate into it, but it’s also to enhance it and bring any sort of relatability you might have to the character. That was something [director] Jake Schreier constantly reminded me of, which was beautiful. He empowered me in that way. He was asking how I related to Bob, and there was much to relate to in that sense. I really found a kinship with this character." 

Doomsday is now filming, but several members of the sprawling cast have admitted to not even seeing a script. There are rumors that Chris Hemsworth is currently shooting scenes in costume as Thor, but we don't have any photographic evidence to back this up just yet.

What would you like to see from Sentry in the movie? Let us know in the comments section.

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?

Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU—Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce.

Jake Schreier directs Thunderbolts* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 8:13 AM
I love it when the nepo babies of C-listers play D-list characters and Thunderbolts gives me this pleasure twice!

Seriously though, even though he physically does not resemble The Sentry at all, the nepo baby did a pretty good job.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/10/2025, 11:45 AM
@ObserverIO - you're just mad because your parents were nobodies right? Isn't that why people complain about having famous parents? Blame them, not Bill Pullman lmao
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 12:48 PM
@bobevanz - If your parents are nobodies and you yourself become a nobody, isn't that also a form of nepotism technically?
AllsGood
AllsGood - 5/10/2025, 8:37 AM
I just hope it leads to the Hulk VS Sentry in Avengers: Secret Wars. Must see on a biggest screen possible.

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/10/2025, 11:30 AM
@AllsGood - MCU Hulk would pussy out and hide for 3 hours of runtime.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 5/10/2025, 12:57 PM
@McMurdo - The only Pussy is Iron Man. Tony Stark couldn't even do the SNAP and live like the Hulk.

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/11/2025, 5:08 PM
@AllsGood - Tony didn't ever back down like a coward bud. That one goes to MCU Hulk. He's basically Hulk in name only. A shell of the comic character.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 8:40 AM
He's not that dangerous though. Anything he does can be undone by a group hug. Anyone he kills will just come back to life when you hug him.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 10:57 AM
@ObserverIO - He didn't physically kill anyone though. He just sent them into a dark void where they face their deepest darkest fears and regrets over and over again.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 11:17 AM
@SonOfAGif - ...is that what was supposed to be happening? Huh!
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 11:18 AM
@SonOfAGif - So his big bad power is to make people sad? That's not just an unthreatening, non-dangerous and shit power, it's also kinda redundant in today's world.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 11:58 AM
@ObserverIO - I thought your username was a reflection of who you are.....an Observer? Did you or did you not watch the movie? His dark void feeds his dark side's power allowing him to engulf an entire city of more in darkness. But I see you dislike the source material so there isn't much of a point to explaining it.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 1:02 PM
@SonOfAGif - No, I love the source material. Like I get how the Thunderbolts/New Avengers were pulled into the void, but I really thought those people were dead when he nuke shadowed them. In the comics the Void actually kills real people with major consequences.

I guess I wasn't paying close enough attention at the time. I don't always live up to my username, lol.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 1:41 PM
@ObserverIO - I apologize. I misread your responses. In the movie when Yelena tried to undo her trauma, The void held her captive on a tree. Each room was designed to have the person go crazy and feed into the hate and rage making the void more powerful. When Bob began hitting and trying to beat The Void to death it began growing in immense power. Yelena snapped Bob out of the rage allowing Bob to stuff The Void way down as she put it.
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/10/2025, 2:49 PM
@SonOfAGif - Wont work against Doom.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 3:04 PM
@jackbauer884 - The only threat to Doom will be Franklin Richards, The Scarlet Witch, and The Phoenix.
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/10/2025, 3:09 PM
@SonOfAGif - And FRanklin will appear in the MCU. Can't say for the other two.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 3:48 PM
@SonOfAGif - @jackbauer884 - I'm actually thinking that Franklin might be the stand in for the Molecule Man. In the leaked plot thing (no spoilers) they refer to his powers as being the ability to control molecules. Which is sort of a fair description, but it's awfully specific to mention molecules.

A lot of people have been thinking that maybe the Scarlet Witch is the stand in for Molecule Man, maybe it's a combination of the two and of the powers of the Beyonders.

Leastways I really hope they don't write the Beyonders out of it completely. Both Secret Wars had Doom as the main villain, but the power of The Beyonder/Beyonders was very important in both cases.
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/10/2025, 4:00 PM
@ObserverIO - Doesn't Franklin have reality warping abilities, and create pocket universes? That could be help, in rebooting the MCU.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 4:30 PM
@ObserverIO - I thought it was rumored that Loki was the stand in for Molecule man which leads Sylvie seeking Thor out to form a team to free the imprisoned Loki.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/11/2025, 4:51 AM
@jackbauer884 - That absolutely could help, yes.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/11/2025, 4:58 AM
@SonOfAGif - As the god of stories it is a possibility, but I think that rather than using Loki as a power source Doom will simply take his place on the multiversal Yggdrasil-esque throne that we saw him on at the end of Loki S2.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 5/10/2025, 8:41 AM
The best part is the Hulk VS Sentry leads to the World Breaker Hulk.

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/10/2025, 11:30 AM
@AllsGood - none of this will ever happen in the MCU
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/10/2025, 9:36 AM
Interesting. Just read the 2000 comic book last night. It's a lengthy read and a lot of threads to connect but it really does center around how compassionate Sentry was towards society and his peers. Im wondering if they may go through route of Reed and Sentry being best friends in a past where everyone was forced to forget him?
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/10/2025, 9:50 AM
@TheRationalNerd - I remember at the time they did that hoax irl people in comics shops were half-remembering The Sentry. Newbies mostly, but there was a lot of "Oh yeah I vaguely remember this character" and some were like "Oh is this a Stan Lee character? Yeah you can tell." and "I see why it wasn't very popular, he's basically Superman", lol.
Of course the die-hard fans were like "No, it's a gimmick you fool, if there was a Sentry character in the '60s I'd know about it"

Remember this was before the internet was mainstream, so people didn't just google it on their phones or look at wikipedia or the Marvel Database. None of those websites existed.

It's still a shame that Marvel Studios didn't lean into this for the marketing though. Could have been fun. Some of the GA would have still been half convinced if they did some fake footage of an old Sentry DTV movie or a black and white serial film or something.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/10/2025, 10:20 AM
That’s a good assessment on his part of why Bob is sticking with the New Avengers though I think it was evident in the film itself when Yelena tells him they are sticking together from now on after I think it’s Walker who raises concerns about him turning into the Void again…

Anyway , I can definitely see Sentry having a limited role in Doomsday due to his hesitation to use his powers again but I hope it’s moreso akin to Thor in IW rather then Hulk or Vision where they were sidelined.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/11/2025, 4:16 AM
@TheVisionary25 - would be cool if he's a late addition to the battlefield as Thor was, bit I think he'll be more like Vision wnere the heroes have to protect him from the coming villain
MotherFuckerJon
MotherFuckerJon - 5/10/2025, 10:20 AM
I'm betting he gets killed off immediately in Doomsday. What better way to display Dooms power than to have him kill the one of the most powerful Avengers right off the rip.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 5/10/2025, 10:58 AM
@Mother[frick]erJon - That is what Magneto is being used for.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/10/2025, 10:59 AM
@Mother[frick]erJon - 😂😂😂😂😂 that’s what people said about kang ?si=ZzZlgFXYBbSFRMGz
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/11/2025, 4:15 AM
@Mother[frick]erJon - think they can establish that as well by having Doom defeat in Council of Kangs in one fell swoop. Immediately deals with that problem as well
MrDandy
MrDandy - 5/10/2025, 11:00 AM
Yeah, but for which side lol. Wouldn’t be surprised if Doom unleashed the Void.
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/10/2025, 2:48 PM
@MrDandy - Would be cool. But without Talk no Jutsu, to calm him down.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/11/2025, 4:17 AM
@MrDandy - that's exactly what I'm expecting. Keeping The Void contained would be a great distraction for the Avengers, while Doom wreaks havoc
XelCorp
XelCorp - 5/10/2025, 11:21 AM
Just waiting to see Captain Marvel vs Sentry fight……
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/10/2025, 11:23 AM
@XelCorp - that would be fun aswell as Sentry & Thor
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/10/2025, 2:45 PM
@XelCorp - There wont be such a fight. Bobby is afraid, to become Sentry again.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/11/2025, 8:11 PM
@jackbauer884 - Im sorry but....that whole plotline feels like a red herring...clearly. We will see Sentry/Void again
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 5/11/2025, 8:13 PM
I think they are going to use him as a replacement for Molecule Man

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