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Home » MARVEL » Taskmaster’s Role in the Original Version of Marvel’s Thunderbolts* (Full Summary)

Taskmaster’s Role in the Original Version of Marvel’s Thunderbolts* (Full Summary)

ARUN VENUGOPAL by ARUN VENUGOPAL
May 6, 2025
in HOLLYWOOD, MARVEL, MOVIE NEWS, MOVIES
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Olga Kurylenko Taskmaster Thunderbolts

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Marvel’s Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers) is now playing in theaters. Everyone is asking why Olga Kurylenko‘s role as Taskmaster in the film is so minimal—and why she dies in the first act. Director Jake Schreier has confirmed that they went through different versions of scenes and finally found that the character’s death would have made it harder to find their tonal balance.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Schreier commented on killing Taskmaster in Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers).

Schreier said, “The decision to do it when we did it, we went through a lot of different versions of that, and we thought very carefully about it… And it felt like, while it would’ve been very nice — and Olga is a wonderful actress — to have her on the team for longer, that death would’ve kind of reverberated a lot harder and made it harder to find our tonal balance if it had happened later in the film.”

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Here’s the full summary of Taskmaster’s role in the original version of Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers):

Antonia shows up in OXE’s Vault Level Five, sent by Val to kill John Walker (Wyatt Russell). She recognizes Yelena (Florence Pugh) from their Red Room days and fights like a machine, using her mimicry and reflexes to dodge and strike. The team realizes Val’s playing them, and when they’re trapped in an incinerator, Antonia’s confusion hints there’s a deeper issue with her.

Olga Kurylenko Taskmaster Thunderbolts
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She opens up about her past — an explosion at nine messed up her brain (the one caused by Black Widow), leaving her with patchy memory after years of lab experiments. She snaps at Walker for being a jerk about it. This vulnerability bonds her with Yelena and Ava/Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), who get her pain. Ava makes a video for Antonia with her explaining things in it to help her every time she feels lost. Antonia saves the day by spotting the sonic barrier’s power source and stabbing it with her sword, letting Ava phase out to free them from the incinerator. Post-explosion, her memory glitches and she attacks Walker again until Ava jogs her memory with the video she made. They all share Skittles (bonding moment).

In the elevator shaft escape, Antonia shares her history — her dad’s accident, lab life, and Val’s false promises to fix her if she did work for her. She connects with Ava over shared trauma.

On the vault roof, Antonia anchors a helicopter with a grappling arrow to mess with Val’s goons but gets stuck in foam until the team frees her. The plan flops. After Bucky (Sebastian Stan) ambushes them, Antonia’s memory flickers, but she recalls punching Walker (funny scene). She’s the only one who’s able to get free and kicks Bucky’s ass in a fight. He’s impressed by her mimic abilities — until he outsmarts her. Her story of Val’s control softens Bucky; he releases the others and joins their plan to stop Val. But not before they take a breather and share some Skittles.

At the airfield, Antonia backs Yelena’s call to save Walker and Bob after they were taken by Val, seeing them as part of their team. She storms Avengers Tower, tearing through guards, and tells Walker he belongs, hitting him hard emotionally. They share Skittles. In the showdown in the penthouse, Antonia nearly kills Val but stops short. When Sentry (Lewis Pullman) arrives, she’s shocked but fights hard, teaming with Ava. Sentry wipes them out. She tosses her weapons to sway Sentry, helping spark his doubt about Val’s orders. He doesn’t listen. Antonia escapes with the team.

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Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers) is directed by Schreier and stars Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Pugh as Yelena Belova, Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Pullman as Sentry, and Geraldine Viswanathan as Mel.

Synopsis: In Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers), 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?

Thunderbolts* was released in the United States on May 2, 2025, and opened with $162.1 million at the worldwide box office. The film had a production budget of $180 million.

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Tags: Black WidowFlorence PughHannah John-KamenJake SchreierLewis PullmanMarvelMCUOlga KurylenkoThe New AvengersThunderbolts*Wyatt Russell
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Arun Venugopal - Author, SEO Specialist, and Senior Editor at Maxblizz. Hi, just call me AV. I am from Kerala, India, and I have completed a U.G. in Computer Science and Engineering. I enjoy writing about comic book movies, including Marvel and DC. I have 4 years of experience in digital marketing.

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