Thunderbolts* actor and longtime MCU star Sebastian Stan has voiced his support for Marvel against recent criticism targeting the franchise's notoriously big-budget, high-impact films. Although numerous well-respected giants of the entertainment industry — such as renowned filmmaker Martin Scorsese and actress and director Jodie Foster — are vocal opponents of the MCU,

Stan has played Bucky Barnes for more than a decade, starting with 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger.” For “Thunderbolts,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Florence Pugh, Wyatt Russell, and David Harbour join Stan’s Bucky. The upcoming feature will help kick off Marvel’s Phase 5.

MCU star Sebastian Stan has teased what to expect from his character Bucky Barnes's role in Thunderbolts*, the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie. Stan told Variety that Thunderbolts* "was kind of like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – a guy coming into this group that was chaotic and degenerate, and somehow finding a way to unite them."

Sebastian Stan defended Marvel films from haters and teased the next film in the franchise he'll star in, next year's "Thunderbolts*."

Thunderbolts* star Sebastian Stan has a very well-rounded view of all of the criticism Marvel Studios has gotten in the last couple of years.

Sebastian Stan had some things to say to the Marvel haters in his new cover story in Variety, where he spoke about his upcoming film The Apprentice but also about reprising his role as Bucky Barnes in Thunderbolts*,