Marvel Studios isn’t treading sparingly with a new that eclipses the 3:00 minute mark. The post- film, which hopes to reinvigorate MCU ensemble pictures, features a group of ex-villains who we have mostly seen in other Disney movies. The ensemble is led by Yelena Belova/White Widow (Florence Pugh) and includes Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes ( , who is definitely pulling that arm out of a dishwasher), Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker/US Agent (Wyatt Russell), organizer Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Red Hulk/Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford), and more.
That “more” includes “Bob,” seen above at the 1:45 mark, who is portrayed by Lewis Pullman (also a Bob in ) and must have more to his identity, right? You know it. Bob is short for Robert Reynolds, a.k.
a. the Sentry. He was reportedly going to be portrayed by Steven Yeun, due to scheduling conflicts.
Do not be deceived by Bob’s relatively weak looking appearance upon discovery in the trailer. Marvel holds the Sentry out as possessing practically unlimited power “a million exploding suns.” As a result, he can be a powerful hero, but he has a dark side and a precarious mental state that can drag him down into the most powerful villainy as well: The Sentry battles many foes, but none as powerful as his arch-nemesis and darker half, the Void, a malevolent persona who dedicates his life to killing as many people as the Sentry rescues.
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