Thunderbolts* is coming out in two weeks this Friday and Marvel has big hopes for this one, expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year. That means that from now until release date, we’ll be seeing the ensemble everywhere. Thunderbolts* is an ensemble but the truth is, Florence Pugh’s Yelena is the lead character here and she’ll be much of the focus during promotion. 

 

Here she is on the cover of the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK: 

 

The interview is pure Flo energy – she’s irreverent, she’s honest, she’s fun. And there are a couple of gossipy bits in the piece. The first relates to working as a team, because the Thunderbolts* of course are a ragtag group of antiheroes who now have to put aside their differences and violent natures to save the world. I’m assuming then that she was asked a question about having to collaborate with people you might not get on with. Her response: 

“You mean in my industry, or Yelena’s?”

 

Every gossip’s mind must go to one movie in particular, right? Don’t Worry Darling. Although maybe that’s child’s play now compared to It Ends With Us. 

Then there’s Flo’s love life. The internet has moved past its anger (I hope) over her relationship with Zach Braff and Flo’s been dating Finn Cole since last year. Finn isn’t named in the profile but she does confirm that it’s serious: 

“She tells me she is currently in love and is approaching her new relationship very differently. “I’m more sympathetic to the people who are in love with me, because it’s not easy! I’m tricky – I’m always busy, I can never make dates,” she admits. “But it’s not good enough for me to ask someone to just accept that. I’ll just end up alone. I don’t want that – I want a family.”

 

This confession, however, comes after a revelation about a previous situationship that seemed to have devastated her. 

“Following her amicable break-up in 2022 with her partner of nearly three years, the actor and director Zach Braff, Pugh embarked upon a relationship (she won’t be drawn on the question of who it was with) that ended as [We Live In Time] began shooting. “It was a scary break-up,” she says, “and I think that movie forced me to realise I can’t wait for people anymore. I can’t accept this version of love. I have to help myself.”

I am not the person who can resist googling to remember who Flo was with after Zach and before Finn, sorry. The person was Charlie Gooch, a photographer, with whom she was papped holding hands in 2023. I’ll just leave that there. 

 

This, though, is not gossip but it’s very personal. Flo talks about freezing her eggs: 

“Having being diagnosed with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, she has begun the process of freezing her eggs which she describes as “tiring and horrible”, though she recognises she is lucky in being able to afford the procedure. “There was a clickbait article about me doing it,” she says. “I know you shouldn’t read the comments but... urgh. I wish there was a little more tenderness and understanding.”

She is 29 years old. She has struggled with medical conditions that affected fertility – who the f-ck is hating on this decision?! What is there to hate, I don’t get it. Yes, it’s expensive, which she acknowledges but, um, this week of all weeks if we’re talking about what women are spending money on… ? OK, LOL. 

 

In other Flo Pugh news, and this will definitely become part of Thunderbolts* press cycle, she’s a Guinness World Record holder now. Because she (assisted by her double, the female stunt coordinator) jumped off the second highest building in the world. Which she talks about in this interview below with Fandango alongside several of the other cast members. Flo says she had to push for it, basically spamming Kevin Feige until he agreed. 

It's a short clip, worth the watch…especially since someone else derailed the conversation. 

Was that weird with David Harbour? Like, Flo’s talking about doing something historic – and he doesn’t give the moment any time to breathe before cutting in with this corny joke. And now everyone else has to play along and pretend he’s funny so that they don’t hang him out to dry, showing him a lot more consideration than he extended to Flo. Anybody else find that annoying or just me? 

Photo credits: Erik Madigan Heck/ Harper's Bazaar

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