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Thunderbolts* doesn't have a six-fingered hero, and Marvel isn't playing around with AI, says Lewis Pullman

Responding to online questions, Pullman says that, no, he only has five fingers in Marvel's first Thunderbolts* poster, and there's no AI in play

News by Graeme McMillan, Editor

Published on Fri Sep 27 2024

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We asked, and he answered: no, Lewis Pullman’s hand just looks like that, and there’s no AI usage in the new poster for Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts*.

Pullman talked to Collider about the suggestion — as some were making on social media, and we were curious about as well — that he somehow had six fingers in the new Thunderbolts* poster, which may or may not have translated into Marvel Studios returning to the use of generative AI after receiving a very public outcry for doing so for 2023’s Secret Invasion.

“I’ve heard about the six-finger thing. But if you look closely, there’s actually no mistakes going on,” Pullman said. “I actually spent some time because I was like, 'Did they give me a sixth finger?' But they didn’t. It’s just cropped at the right point where it looks like there’s an extra tip happening or something. But that’s about it. I love that.”

Good news for those hoping that Marvel wasn’t going back to the controversial generative AI mines any time soon — but now we’re worried about Pullman’s hands in general. Somebody needs to check up on him, if it’s that easy to fool so many people on the internet into thinking that he has an extra finger.

Thunderbolts* is headed to theaters May 2025; if there’s a subplot about extra digits and the pernicious effects of generative AI, we’ll be delighted by the stealth marketing we didn't even know what happening at the time.

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Graeme McMillan: Popverse Editor Graeme McMillan (he/him) has been writing about comics, culture, and comics culture on the internet for close to two decades at this point, which is terrifying to admit. He completely understands if you have problems understanding his accent.