Geraldine Viswanathan's "Holy Sh*t, I've Made It Moment" Has A "Bridesmaids" Movie Link

Australian actress, Geraldine Viswanathan, has softly crept onto Hollywood's radar, successful caller faves Miracle Workers (2019), Blockers (2018) and You're Cordially Invited (2025). Now, she's stepping up to the MCU sheet arsenic a pivotal quality successful Jake Schreier's superhero smash, Thunderbolts*.

Questions are already being asked of her aboriginal engagement successful the Cinematic Universe and if she'll beryllium returning arsenic bright-haired hero, Songbird. Geraldine's reply is Marvel media grooming astatine its finest — which could truly mean anything.

Ahead of the cinematic merchandise of Thunderbolts*, we sat down with Newcastle-raised Geraldine Viswanathan to corroborate (or deny) her aboriginal MCU role, chat astir the biggest menace connected acceptable and her vocation "WOAH" moment.

Here's everything she told us: 

BFOZ: Growing up successful Australia and pursuing acting implicit here, erstwhile it feels truthful acold distant from the large lights of Hollywood, what's the infinitesimal that made you realise, "Holy shit, I've made it"?

Geraldine: I mean, [Thunderbolts*]' is benignant of brainsick and I'm looking astatine the poster present and I spot my sanction astatine the bottommost and I'm like, "Wow". 

I consciousness similar it hasn't dawned connected maine the massiveness of joining the Marvel beingness until I've started doing press. But I deliberation besides doing Blockers and having our premiere, was specified a pinch maine afloat ellipse infinitesimal due to the fact that I deliberation it was a mates — 5 years anterior to that, I had gone to that aforesaid theatre for the Bridesmaids premiere, conscionable arsenic a instrumentality waiting astatine the barricades to get autographs. 

And truthful to beryllium connected the different broadside and person a movie that's premiering astatine the aforesaid theatre felt similar a precise chill moment. 

BFOZ: If Marvel dreamed up a caller South Asian-Australian superhero, what backstory and powers would they have? Would turn up successful Newcastle conscionable similar you did?

Geraldine: Woah. What a question. You cognize what? I've thought astir this before. 

I deliberation I was like, wouldn't it beryllium absorbing if determination was a mixed contention superhero who tin unrecorded successful this liminal abstraction betwixt worlds oregon thing similar that? Maybe she could shapeshift oregon clip leap oregon something. 

But I definitely, would emotion to spot much superheroes from Newcastle.

BFOZ: Speaking of caller heroes, volition we beryllium seeing Mel measurement into her ain leader relation successful the future?

Geraldine: I truly can't say, oregon other I'll beryllium sniped, but each I tin accidental is that... Hey! I would emotion to. I'm available, and this acquisition has been specified a imagination and I would emotion to bash it again, if I could. 

Just for your ocular reference, here's Geraldine's absorption to the question:

BFOZ: Back to Thunderbolts*, the ensemble is afloat of implicit characters. Which formed subordinate was the biggest menace connected set?

Geraldine: Biggest menace? 

I consciousness similar everyone was beauteous well-behaved due to the fact that it was truthful scary erstwhile you messiness up and they person to reset. But I deliberation David Harbour is simply a large ace and I deliberation was cracking up the team. 

So, helium mightiness triumph the grant for biggest menace. 

BFOZ: And finally, successful today's world, if you could prime 1 of these Marvel villains — Thanos, Valentina de Fontaine, Loki, The Green Goblin oregon Killmonger — to rule, who would it beryllium and why?

Geraldine: Oh my god, these are unspeakable options. No, I don't privation immoderate of them to regularisation to the world, but possibly if I had to choose, I conjecture Val. I'm staying loyal to my boss. I deliberation she's not each bad. 

There's immoderate nuance, there's immoderate grey country there, and I emotion to spot a pistillate successful charge, truthful I'll spell with Val. 

BFOZ: How bash you deliberation she would alteration the world? 

Catch Geraldine Viswanathan successful Thunderbolts* — starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and much — in HOYTS Cinemas now.

Will she instrumentality to the MCU arsenic Songbird? Drop your theories successful the comments below!