Lewis Pullman Shares Dad Bill Pullman’s Reaction to Thunderbolts* (Exclusive)

• Lewis Pullman shares what father Bill Pullman first thought of the Thunderbolts* script
• The Top Gun: Maverick star plays a mysterious character in Marvel’s latest flick
• Thunderbolts* arrives in theaters May 2

Lewis Pullman is revealing how father Bill Pullman reacted to the script for his son’s first-ever Marvel project.

Speaking with PEOPLE for a recent press event for Thunderbolts*, Lewis, 32, said while his famous dad, 72, has yet to “slip into this universe” a.k.a. the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he always has wisdom to pass on due to his own impressive acting career.

“He always goes story first, and writing first, and character first,” Lewis, who plays a mysterious character named Bob, said. “I was waiting to get the full script so I could send it to him so we could talk about it.”

Putting on a serious Bill Pullman-esque impression, Lewis continued, “Once he read the script, he was like, ‘There’s a lot to do here. Yeah. I think there’s a lot to be done.'”

When asked if he or his family were Marvel fans ahead of his own debut into the superhero franchise, the Top Gun: Maverick star admitted, “We didn’t grow up watching TV and we were allowed like a movie or two a weekend.”

“We watched a lot of what my parents grew up watching, and so there was a lot of older stuff,” Lewis shared. “I was the youngest child, so my vote for movies always got pushed to the last. I would’ve put Marvel on there, but… my voice was not heard.”

Now that he’s embedded into the MCU himself, Lewis added, “I’m getting my entire family to sit down and watch this movie. So it’ll be monumental.”

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Lewis’ Marvel debut puts him amongst a star-studded cast that also includes Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Pugh, 28, and Harbour, 49, reprise their Black Widow roles of Yelena Belova and Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian, respectively, in Thunderbolts*, while Stan, 42, returns as Bucky Barnes.

Rounding out the cast are Russell, 38, as John Walker/U.S. Agent; John-Kamen, 35, as Ava Starr/Ghost; and the returning Louis-Dreyfus, 63, as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.

Thunderbolts* premieres in theaters May 2.