One of the Thunderbolts* star got injured while filming this stunt

One of the Thunderbolts* stars, Wyatt Russell, had gotten injured while filming a stunt, as the cast of the film spoke with Entertainment Weekly.

Wyatt Russell, who essays the role of John Walker a.k.a. US Agent in the film, had met with an injury to his head. That wound was clipped with staples. The actors of the film had to do multiple high-stakes stunts on their own, which means that the makers relied more on tangible effects than visual ones.

Released on 2nd May 2025, Thunderbolts* follows the plot of a group of folks who have been assembled for a purpose. They initially fought with each other, but the squad came together and became an indestructible team.

Along with Russell, the film stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and many others.

Let us find out more details about the incident that caused Wyatt Russell to have met with an injury while filming Thunderbolts*.

"Went to the hospital, stapled me up," recalls Wyatt Russell about his head injury while filming Thunderbolts*

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, it was revealed that Wyatt Russell had met with a head injury whilst filming a stunt in Thunderbolts*.

Russell talked about his head injury, mentioning:

"I split my head open,"

"That was a blast."

The injury happened on Russell's hairline. If the injury had moved some inches here and there, it could have made a scar on his face. The injury needed to be stapled up, as revealed in the interview by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays the role of Valentina in the film, as she mentions:

"You got staples in your head."

David Harbour, who portrays the role of Red Guardian in Thunderbolts*, adds an anecdotal sharing in the conversation about Russell's injury. He recalls the deadly incident by saying:

"I kept saying, 'Guys, this is really dangerous because we're running run in front of this little two-by-four that sticks out right here,'"

"'We have to duck into it. It's really dangerous, can we not do this?' They're like, 'Yeah yeah yeah, let's just go one more time.' And we came in, and I went through, and then Wyatt, and then I just heard, 'Oh!' And he went down on the ground. I remember I looked over and blood was just spewing everywhere."

To which, Wyatt Russell responded:

"Yeah, went to the hospital, stapled me up,"

Julia Louis-Dreyfus then says to Russell:

"You don't even have a scar,"

Upon which, Wyatt Russell reveals that he actually has one on his hairline. He mentioned that he was saved by a few inches; otherwise, his face would have been injured, leaving a scar behind, as he responded:

"Yeah, in my hairline. Three inches lower and I would have been the scar guy for the rest of my life. A lot of roles with cool scars in them. Would have been really good for the career. But that was fun."