If Ant-Man’s powers are to shrink and grow as he pleases, you could say Paul Rudd’s are to charm us and make us laugh. And that’s kind of what his Scott Lang character has been doing since he helped defeat Thanos and his army in Avengers: Endgame. He wrote his biography, Look Out For the Little Guy!, which chronicles his unlikely life from petty thief to superhero. Stuck in the Quantum Realm for five years, Scott is also making up lost time with his now 18-year-old daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton). In short, he only wants to be a full-time father and inspire people.
Meanwhile, his love interest Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) uses technology invented by her father Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to combat global warming and the housing crisis. Hope’s mother, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer), is slowly finding her bearings after spending thirty years in the Quantum Realm. However, she remains very evasive when questioned about what she experienced there. Failing to have answers, Hank, Hope and Cassie discreetly continue their research on the quantum realm.
“We are expanding the family story started in the two previous films by dealing, among other things, with the secrets that the members of a family can have between them, indicated director Peyton Reed in a virtual press conference. Quickly, it is discovered that they are all hiding things from each other and then suddenly they find themselves together in the quantum realm and must ease family tensions while being in this bizarre world. »
The Kangtic kingdom
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Jonathan Majors portrays Kang the Conqueror.
This eerie place, inspired “by everything from electron microscope photography to heavy metal magazines of the 1970s and 1980s,” is populated by humanoid, aquatic, gelatinous creatures and… Bill Murray. Although even the buildings are alive here, one being stands out more: Kang.
Able to travel across the multiverse, this man is however immobilized in the quantum realm. So he decided to become its ruler. While waiting to find a way to leave, he built himself a fortress and an army. With the sudden arrival of Scott Lang, his family and especially their technology, Kang may be holding his way out.
Jonathan Majors (Da 5 Bloods, Lovecraft Country) embodies the intimidating and charismatic conqueror. Those who have seen the series Loki will notice that this is the same actor who held the role of He Who Remains, in the last episode. It’s actually the same person, or almost…
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Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors in a scene from the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
There are multiple versions of Kang, variants, which occupy different universes and have different intentions. They are all different beings, but there is something that connects them.
Jonathan Majors
How does he manage to play different versions of the same character? “To be an antagonist, you have to know your opponent. If you don’t know his dreams, you can’t achieve yours. So for LokiI observed Tom [Hiddleston] for hours, then, when it was over, Paul [Rudd] was next, so I watched him too,” the MCU’s new big bad revealed intensely.
“Jean-Marc Vallée changed my life”
The other recruit is Cassie Lang. Although we saw her as a child in the two previous parts, this is the first time that the young woman has followed her father in the adventure. Kathryn Newton (Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Freaky) inherited the role, a dream she has had since she saw Iron Manat the age of 8.
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Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton) and her father Scott (Paul Rudd)
I wanted to be the tallest Marvel superhero of all time, so I find it ironic that Cassie can grow up to 40 feet. It’s proof that your dreams can come true.
Kathryn Newton
Like her father, Cassie has a big heart and believes that every little bit matters if you want to change the world. A simple sentence can make a difference. For example, “it’s never too late to stop being a seed” (” It’s never too late to stop being a dick “), which she throws at a character whose identity we will not reveal. In a telephone interview, we asked him to comment on this already legendary line. “It’s one of the reasons I fell in love with Cassie,” says Kathryn. Our screenwriter Jeff Loveness [Rick and Morty, Jimmy Kimmel Live !] captured what it’s like to be young, carefree and impatient, but in a fun and goofy way. »
A few years ago, Kathryn Newton played the role of Abigail Carlson in the series Big Little Liesdirected by Jean-Marc Vallée. The Press asked him what impact the late Quebec filmmaker had on his career. “He’s one of those people who changed my life and not just because he’s a director that I’ve worked with, but because he’s a really special human and there’s no not enough like him, confides the actress who has just turned 26. He made me a better person, a better actress, a better artist, and I don’t think I could have acted in a Marvel movie without that experience with him. He encouraged me to try things, he thanked me for my work and told me that I was a rock star. »
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) hits theaters February 17.