Ant-Man - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[clayton]

While he was then directing the movie, Edgar Wright posted on his blog a screenshot from The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: To Steal an Ant-Man (2012) with the word "Homework." In a plot similar to the film, that episode features Hank Pym hiring superheroes (Luke Cage and Iron Fist) to catch someone who stole his Ant-Man technology (Scott Lang). The villain of the episode was William Cross (in the comics he is the cousin to Darren Cross). Additionally, Falcon's line in the film about not telling Cap he was defeated by Ant-Man comes from a similar line by Luke in the episode.

[sylvia]

Michael Douglas (Hank Pym) has said that he would like his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones to play the role of Janet van Dyne, the superheroine Wasp and Pym's wife, at some point in the future.

[kenneth]

Hank Pym wants Scott to use the Ant-Man technology to pull off a heist. In the comics, Lang stole the Ant-Man suit from Pym in hopes of pulling off enough heists to save his sick daughter; when Pym found out, he allowed him to keep the suit as long as he used it for heroic purposes.

[kristen]

Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Clint Barton, and Tony Stark are the only superheroes in the MCU to have offspring (as well as Frank Castle in The Punisher). Hank and Scott are also the only heros to lose their wives (Janet Van Dyne apparently died at the Quantum Realm and Maggie divorced Scott). Coincidentally, Hank Pym, Scott Lang, Clint Barton, and Tony Stark, have all used Pym particles

[clayton]

Michael Douglas compared Hank Pym to his role as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (2013): "Sometimes you've got to shake them up a little bit and have some fun."

[cassandra]

The Falcon's role in the plot came about after Adam McKay and Paul Rudd went to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and fell in love with the character. They casually suggested working him into the plot, and Kevin Feige informed them that it would actually make perfect sense since Falcon was now living at the New Avengers compound as of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

[carl]

Judy Greer plays Maggie Lang. She also plays Karen, mother to the two boys that go to Jurassic World (2015) on vacation where they meet Owen Grady, played by Chris Pratt who plays Starlord/Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

[tom]

(at around 32 mins) Garrett Morris, who portrays a cab driver in the film, appeared as Ant-Man in the Saturday Night Live: Margot Kidder/The Chieftains (1979) sketch, which was the first live-action appearance of the hero.

[russell]

Edgar Wright himself selected Paul Rudd for the role of Scott Lang based on his natural charisma, which would make Scott likable despite being a criminal in-story.

[ruby]

Peyton Reed is a huge Marvel fan and seized the opportunity to direct a film in the MCU even if it meant stepping in at the last minute to take over a project previously helmed by Edgar Wright. Before the film's release, he went on the record as saying he'd absolutely direct the sequel.

[francisco]

(at around 38 mins) When Scott first flies on the ant after he escapes prison, he lands on a newspaper which says "Who's to blame for Sokovia?". This is a direct reference to the events in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and is meant to lead into Captain America: Civil War (2016).

[morris]

(at around 25 mins) Scott Lang mentions Titanic (1997) among several other references with his friends. Cinematographer Russell Carpenter previously worked on the same film.

[brent]

In Edgar Wright's drafts, Darren Cross's alter ego would have been Nano Warrior, instead of Yellowjacket. The drafts also featured a car chase sequence.

[chad]

Atoms consist of mostly empty space, as proven by Ernest Rutherford in his gold foil experiment. Therefore it is theoretically possible to shrink or expand material, although the means to do so are far beyond present day technology.

[clayton]

The VFX artists decided to incorporate techniques that would make this film different from other "shrinking" films and give an "experimental" look to the film. These techniques include macro photography (digital mattes of enlarged environments) and motion-capture. Trick photography was also employed: close-ups, aerial shots and long shots with wide lenses were the main techniques employed to get a good ambiance for Ant-Man in a giant environment.

[jamie]

According to Michael Douglas, the costume for Paul Rudd had to be altered because of his muscles. Rudd had gone on an extensive training and workout regimen in order to build the proper muscle size for a superhero, but Rudd had become so muscular, they had to soften his costume up.

[ray]

Jordan Peele was originally cast when Edgar Wright was still director.

[camila]

At first, the film was meant to focus on the original Ant-Man, Hank Pym. However, Pym developed several personalities, one of whom abused his girlfriend, and producers decided he was not family friendly. Instead, the focus shifted to Scott Lang, with Pym as a mentor and supporting character.

[ava]

Paul Rudd has worked with several other actors from Marvel films. He appeared in The Cider House Rules (1999) with Tobey Maguire. He also appeared in I Love You, Man (2009) with J.K. Simmons, Jon Favreau and Lou Ferrigno.

[bernice]

Bobby Cannavale (Paxton) and John Slattery (Howard Stark) appeared in the hit TV series Will & Grace (1998): Cannavale was Will's love interest and Slattery was Will's brother. Michael Douglas also appeared in an episode of the TV show.