Anyone well-versed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe knows that seemingly civilian characters sharing the screen with superheroes can eventually wind up being one themselves. That's what many predict to be the case for Geraldine Viswanathan, who starred in Jake Schreier's Thunderbolts* as Mel, the assistant to Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and a walking, talking easter egg.
While never officially revealed in the film, the suspicion is that Mel is actually Melissa Gold, aka Songbird, one of the original members of the Thunderbolts in the comics. It's a theory that Viswanathan supports, although whether it will actually come to pass has yet to be revealed. Speaking to ComicBookMovie about the character, Viswanathan expressed her excitement and getting caught up in the secrecy of the project, which is pretty much standard fare for anything linked to the MCU. "It was very exciting. The whole process at the beginning was so elusive," she explained. "I had a Zoom with Jake, and he had to explain the movie to me, because I couldn't read it before signing on. [He explained] my role and her arc, and role within the film itself, and this deeper connection to the MCU. It was all so thrilling."
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