KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is indeed featured in the upcoming Marvel movie Thunderbolts which stars Florence Pugh of Oppenheimer fame.
The Straits Times reported yesterday that Marvel Studios unveiled the film's first teaser trailer on YouTube.
At the one-minute and four-second mark, Pugh who plays the lead character Yelena Belova, appears at Medan Pasar in Kuala Lumpur, with the former Menara HSBC South Tower in the background.
Last July, Pugh apparently confirmed that she had filmed at the Merdeka 118, the second tallest building in the world (678.9m).
When interviewed by Variety magazine about the biggest stunt she executed for her movie, Pugh replied: "Jumping off the second tallest building in the world."
Many Malaysians expressed their excitement about KL being featured in a major Hollywood production."I hope we will get to see more Malaysian landmarks in the film," said one netizen on X.
Rumours of Pugh filming in KL surfaced in June when a fan on X claimed that she was in town to film a Marvel movie.
The speculation was also fuelled when her sister Arabella Gibbins shared a photo of the Petronas Twin Towers on her Instagram account.
Thunderbolts follows a team of heroes conducting covert operations for the government of the United States.
The movie, set for release on May 2, 2025, also stars Sebastian Stan and David Harbour.