Paul Rudd gives Josie the scoop on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania!
From Anchorman to Ant-Man, one of our favourite Friends, Paul Rudd gives Josie the inside scoop on his latest Marvel Blockbuster, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania... and we've got our hands on the extended cut!
Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania finds Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne continuing to explore life as a couple who also happen to be Super Heroes.
Life is good: Scott has penned a book, Hope is championing humanitarian causes and their family—Hope’s parents, Janet Van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott’s daughter, Cassie—is finally part of their day-to-day lives.
Cassie, it turns out, shares her new family’s passion for science and technology—specifically with regard to the Quantum Realm. But her curiosity leads to an unexpected, one-way trip for them all to the vast subatomic world, where they encounter strange new creatures, a stricken society and a master of time whose menacing undertaking has only just begun.
With Scott and Cassie pulled in one direction and Hope, Janet and Hank in another, they are lost in a world at war with no idea how or if they’ll ever find their way home again.
Kicking off Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the fast-paced, big-screen adventure features all of the heart and humor fans of the MCU expect. “The ‘Ant-Man’ movies have always been about family,” says director Peyton Reed.
“In ‘Quantumania,’ we’re deepening and complicating the family dynamic while painting on a much larger canvas. We dipped our toe in the Quantum Realm in the first couple of movies, and this time, we wanted to give the movie an entirely different look: It’s an epic experience.”
Paul Rudd returns to the big screen as Scott Lang/Ant-Man. “A lot has happened with Scott over the last several years,” says Rudd. “This is a guy who was living a normal life until he committed a Robin Hood-type crime—because he is a good guy. He went to jail for a couple years and then was recruited to be a Super Hero. He joined the Avengers, went down to the Quantum Realm and when he came back, he saved the Universe. 4
“We start this film after the events of ‘Endgame’ have happened,” continues Rudd. “I think for the first time in many years, Scott is able to take a breath and sit back and spend some time with his daughter and be present in his own life. But that doesn’t last long.”
Rudd, who’s played the character since 2015, says he feels a kinship with Scott Lang and Ant-Man. “One of the things that’s been fun about playing this part is that there’s nothing extraordinary about Scott,” says Rudd. “He doesn’t possess any real super abilities—he’s not a God of Thunder, he’s not big and green and strong, he can’t fly. He’s just an intuitive, smart guy. To play the part of a regular guy who didn’t really want this but is forced to be heroic is fun.”
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hits cinema screens beginning Friday 17 February, 2023.