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The Rizzler is bringing his charm to the Thunderbolts cast, though Julia Louis-Dreyfus wasn’t fully in the loop.
Christian Joseph, a 9-year-old sensation on social media known as The Rizzler, attended a special screening of an upcoming Marvel movie on April 30 at the iPic Theater in New York. The event was hosted by the Cinema Society.
Dressed up as Red Guardian, Joseph took photos with various stars from the movie, such as Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, Florence Pugh, and Wyatt Russell. Throughout the encounter, he showcased his trademark “rizz face,” characterized by a playful chin stroke and a cheeky expression for the camera.
David Harbour, who plays Red Guardian, skipped the event, but Joseph certainly kept the vibe alive.
In an interview with BuzzFeed, Louis-Dreyfus joked about meeting the viral star, starting with, “Who knew?”
Responding to whether she was aware of the viral photo, one of the movie stars confessed, “Honestly, I had no idea, and no disrespect to that nice child, but I wasn’t familiar with who he was.”
The interviewer quipped, “You guys looked very friendly, so I’m sure he’ll be completely fine.”
Louis-Dreyfus added, “Yeah, he was pretty cute because he showed me his moves. He was dressed like Red Guardian, so I said ‘show me your Red Guardian moves,’ not knowing he was The Rizzler.”
Check out the clip below.
Joseph, who boasts 1.6 million TikTok followers, later posted a video from the screening, still in character. He walks up to the counter and says, “Two tickets please,” prompting the employee to ask, “For what movie?” Joseph points to his Red Guardian outfit, hoping for a lightbulb moment.
Joseph first went viral on Halloween 2023, dressed as Black Panther and delivering hilarious commentary that earned him 2.5 million likes. His iconic pose quickly turned him into an internet sensation.
“Rizz” — short for “charisma” — refers to flirting or charm, and it was crowned Oxford University Press’s Word of the Year in 2023.
Thunderbolts, based on the Marvel comic, follows a team of anti-heroes forced into a life-or-death situation.
Directed by Jake Schreier of Paper Towns fame, the film hits theaters on May 2, 2025.
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