{"id":117550,"date":"2024-01-04T05:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/steven-yeun-on-why-he-dropped-out-of-marvels-thunderbolts\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T05:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T05:21:02","slug":"steven-yeun-on-why-he-dropped-out-of-marvels-thunderbolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/steven-yeun-on-why-he-dropped-out-of-marvels-thunderbolts\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Yeun on Why He Dropped Out of Marvel&#8217;s &#8216;Thunderbolts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/steven-yeun\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steven-yeun\" data-tag=\"steven-yeun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steven Yeun<\/a> is talking out about his departure from Marvel\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/thunderbolts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_thunderbolts\" data-tag=\"thunderbolts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunderbolts<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile celebrating the opening of the Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood on Wednesday night time, Yeun spoke to <em>Variety<\/em>\u2018s Marc Malkin about his \u201cThunderbolts\u201d exit, citing the SAG-AFTRA strike as one motive behind his determination to drop out of the upcoming antihero movie. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI think for me, time passing and things shifting kind of pulled me out of it,\u201d Yeun defined. \u201cBut Jake [Schreier], I know, is going to do an incredible job.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI wanna do a Marvel movie,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYeun\u2019s involvement in \u201cThunderbolts\u201d was first reported again in February, although Marvel by no means formally confirmed his casting. \u201cPaper Towns\u201d director Jake Schreier is helming the movie, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/marvels-thunderbolts-lee-sung-jin-co-writer-beef-steven-yeun-1235567387\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBeef\u201d creator Lee Sung Jin<\/a>\u00a0penning the script from a primary draft by \u201cBlack Widow\u201d screenwriter Eric Pearson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThunderbolts\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/marvels-thunderbolts-production-pause-writers-strike-1235626024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paused manufacturing in May<\/a>\u00a0as a result of WGA strike, and has but to start filming following the top of final 12 months\u2019s twin Hollywood strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt took a lot of drafts on email to make sure that I conveyed sincerity of how sorry I was to have to back out,\u201d Yeun stated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAsked what Marvel film he wish to work on sooner or later, Yeun replied, \u201cI think it\u2019s too early to say that. I probably pissed off too many people leaving, so I\u2019m just gonna say, \u2018Thank you for having me.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI have some ideas,\u201d Yeun teased. \u201cBut I heard if you put it out there, you\u2019ll never get it, so I\u2019ll keep it close to my chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:639px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((236\/639)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.webp?w=639\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.webp 639w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.webp?resize=150,55 150w, https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Just-for-Variety-Logo-Lockup-Headshot.webp?resize=300,111 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"236\" width=\"639\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  \">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Steven Yeun is talking out about his departure from Marvel\u2019s \u201cThunderbolts.\u201d While celebrating the opening of the Louis Vuitton pop-up in West Hollywood on Wednesday night time, Yeun spoke to Variety\u2018s Marc Malkin about his \u201cThunderbolts\u201d exit, citing the SAG-AFTRA strike as one motive behind his determination to drop out of the upcoming antihero [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}