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“He always goes story first, and writing first, and character first,” explained Lewis. “I was waiting to get the full script so I could send it to him so we could talk about it. Once he read the script, he was like, ‘There’s a lot to do here. Yeah. I think there’s a lot to be done.’”
Lewis even did a little impression of his father here, to the amusement of the reporters present. Now 71 years old, Bill Pullman is a Hollywood legend, but according to Lewis, he didn’t immerse his family in that world. “We didn’t grow up watching TV and we were allowed like a movie or two a weekend,” he said. “We watched a lot of what my parents grew up watching, and so there was a lot of older stuff. I was the youngest child, so my vote for movies always got pushed to the last.”
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Lewis admitted that his family hadn’t kept up with the rise of the MCU over the last decade and a half, but that’s all about to change now, as he hopes they’ll all sit down and watch Thunderbolts* with him. Lewis is the third child of Bill and dancer Tamara Hurwitz. His older sister Maesa is a singer-songwriter, while his older brother Jack is a puppet-maker.
Focusing on the movie at hand is probably more difficult at this stage in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga, with a big Avengers crossover event close at hand. Lewis has already been announced for the cast of Avengers: Doomsday, but we don’t know anything yet about his character’s role in the story. Early reviews for Thunderbolts* are generally positive, and audiences won’t have to wait in suspense much longer. The movie officially hits theaters on Friday, May 2nd, with early showings beginning at many cinemas tonight.
