Florence Pugh on Yelena and Sentry’s Relationship: “She Has a Sweet Spot for Him—He’s Useless”

Florence Pugh calls Lewis Pullman’s Bob (Sentry) “useless” and says Yelena Belova has a “sweet spot” for him. Yelena sees parts of herself in Bob and likes taking care of him because she has always looked after others. She enjoys looking after him, especially because he is “absolutely useless.” Their relationship in Thunderbolts* is both funny and caring.

In an interview with Empire Online, Pugh spoke about Yelena Belova’s relationship with Pullman’s Bob in Thunderbolts*: “Bob is going through what all of them are probably, secretly, going through.”

Pugh added, “Yelena sees parts of herself in him. She’s always been someone who wants to look after people. She has a sweet spot for him and essentially likes looking after him because he’s useless. He’s absolutely useless.”

Florence Pugh describes Thunderbolts* as a “badass indie, A24-feeling assassin movie” with Marvel superheroes.

Pugh said, “It ended up becoming this quite badass indie, A24-feeling assassin movie with Marvel superheroes.”

During the latest test screening, Thunderbolts* was described as a “beast of a film” and scored extremely high, earning some of the highest scores among all Phase 5 films.

Directed by Jake Schreier and stars Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Pugh as Yelena Belova, 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, Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross, Pullman as Sentry, and Geraldine Viswanathan as Erin. Laurence Fishburne and Rachel Weisz are confirmed to reprise their roles as scientist Bill Foster and spy Melina Vostakov.

Here’s the official synopsis for Thunderbolts*:

“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 film is produced by Kevin Feige, Brian Chapek, Matthew Jenkins, David J. Grant, and Scarlett Johansson

Thunderbolts* will hit theaters on May 2, 2025, in IMAX, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, Cinemark XD, and premium screens worldwide.