It ’s sentence for a Newcastle - born Marvel hero .
Australian actress,Geraldine Viswanathan, has quietly crept onto Hollywood’s radar, in recent favesMiracle Workers(2019),Blockers(2018) andYou’re Cordially Invited(2025). Now, she’s stepping up to theMCUplate as a pivotal character in Jake Schreier’s superhero smash,Thunderbolts*.
Questions are already being asked of her future involvement in the Cinematic Universe and if she’ll be returning as bright-haired hero, Songbird. Geraldine’s answer is Marvel media training at its finest — which could really mean anything.
Ahead of the cinematic release ofThunderbolts*,we sat down with Newcastle-raised Geraldine Viswanathan to confirm (or deny) her future MCU role, chat about the biggest menace on set and her career “WOAH” moment.
Here ’s everything she told us :
BFOZ: Growing up in Australia and pursuing acting over here, when it feels so far away from the big lights of Hollywood, what’s the moment that made you realise, “Holy shit, I’ve made it”?
Geraldine : I mean , [ Thunderbolts * ] ' is kind of crazy and I ’m looking at the poster here and I see my name at the bottom and I ’m like , " Wow " .
I feel like it has n’t dawned on me the massiveness of joining the Marvel universe until I ’ve started doing press . But I recollect also doingBlockersand make our premiere , was such a pinch me full circle instant because I think it was a couplet — five years prior to that , I had rifle to that same theatre for theBridesmaidspremiere , just as a fan waiting at the barricades to get autograph .
And so to be on the other side and have a motion picture that ’s premiering at the same theatre feel like a very cool moment .
BFOZ: If Marvel dreamed up a new South Asian-Australian superhero, what backstory and powers would they have? Would grow up in Newcastle just like you did?
Geraldine : Woah . What a interrogation . You know what ? I ’ve think about this before .
I remember I was like , would n’t it be interesting if there was a mixed race superhero who can live in this liminal place between world or something like that ? Maybe she could shapeshift or fourth dimension jump or something .
But I definitely , would screw to see more superheroes from Newcastle .
BFOZ: Speaking of new heroes, will we be seeing Mel step into her own hero role in the future?
Geraldine : I really ca n’t say , or else I ’ll be sniped , but all I can say is that … Hey ! I would make love to . I ’m usable , and this experience has been such a dream and I would love to do it again , if I could .
Just for your visual reference, here’s Geraldine’s reaction to the question:
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Geraldine : Biggest menace ?
I experience like everyone was jolly well - behaved because it was so shuddery when you mess up and they have to reset . But I think David Harbour is a big snap up and I reckon was cracking up the team .
So , he might succeed the award for handsome menace .
BFOZ: And finally, in today’s world, if you could pick one of these Marvel villains — Thanos, Valentina de Fontaine, Loki, The Green Goblin or Killmonger — to rule, who would it be and why?
Geraldine : Oh my god , these are fearsome options . No , I do n’t want any of them to reign to the world , but maybe if I had to choose , I judge Val . I ’m staying loyal to my political boss . I recollect she ’s not all tough .
There ’s some nuance , there ’s some gray area there , and I love to see a woman in charge , so I ’ll go with Val .
BFOZ : How do you think she would change the world ?
Catch Geraldine Viswanathan inThunderbolts*— starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and more —in HOYTS Cinemas now.
