Steven Yeun Reveals Why He Dropped Out Of Marvel's Thunderbolts

Oscar-nominated actor Steven Yeun recently dropped out of the Marvel movie Thunderbolts, and now the Minari and Walking Dead actor has shed a little more light on the matter.

Speaking to Variety, Yeun confirmed reports that the delay in production on Thunderbolts due to the Hollywood strikes led him to drop out. "I think for me, time passing and things shifting kind of pulled me out of it," Yeun said.

He added that he believes director Jake Schreier will do an "incredible job" with the movie. Yeun went on to say that spent a good amount of time working on an email to the stakeholders expressing "the sincerity of how sorry I was to have to back out."

The experience hasn't soured Yeun on the Marvel franchise, though. Yeun said, "I wanna do a Marvel movie" later down the road. He declined to say what Marvel franchise he's eyeing for the future, but noted, "I have some ideas."

"I think it's too early to say that. I probably pissed off too many people leaving, so I'm just gonna say, 'Thank you for having me,'" he said.

Marvel never officially announced that Yeun would be in Thunderbolts, but press reports stated he would play Sentry in the film.

Thunderbolts wouldn't have been Yeun's first comic book project, as he already voiced Invincible in the animated show of the same name for Prime Video from Robert Kirkman. Yeun also starred on AMC's The Walking Dead. He earned an Academy Award nomination for the movie Minari.

Marvel has just one new movie set for release this year--Deadpool 3. The floodgates will open again in 2025 with the release of Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts, and then Blade.