Florence Pugh Begged Kevin Feige to Let Her Jump Off the Second Tallest Building in the World For Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts*’

McKinley Franklin

The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News

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Florence Pugh took a literal leap of faith while filming Thunderbolts*.

When it came time to shoot the MCU’s latest installment, the Academy Award nominee practically had to beg the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, to allow her to perform a stunt that would see her jump off the second-tallest building in the world.

“It was in the script, and then slowly as we got closer and closer to shooting, they were like, ‘Yeah, we don’t think it’s gonna happen, it’s just gonna be a crazy insurance ordeal, and obviously we’re not going to throw Fp off the second-tallest building in the world,’” Pugh said during a Monday interview with Fandango.

But the We Live in Time star refused to back down. She was steadfast in her desire to perform the stunt which called for her launch herself off the 2,227-foot Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur,...See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News