Michael Douglas Asked Marvel to Kill Him Off in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ and Pitched a ‘Fantastic’ Death: ‘I Can Shrink to an Ant Size and Explode’
16.04.2024 - 20:37
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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Micheal Douglas went viral last year when he told THR on the “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” red carpet that he would only be interested in returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Hank Pym in a fourth “Ant-Man” movie “as long as I can die.” It turns out that was actually Douglas’ wish for “Quantumania.” Appearing on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) to promote his new Apple TV+ historical drama series “Franklin,” Douglas revealed that he actually wanted to be killed off from the MCU in the third “Ant-Man” movie. He even asked for a huge special effects bonanza to help send Hank Pym into the great beyond.
“[Getting killed off] actually was my request for the third one,” Douglas said. “I said I’d like to have a serious [death], with all these great special effects.
There’s got to be some fantastic way where I can shrink to an ant size and explode, whatever it is. I want to use all those effects.
But, that was on the last one. Now, I don’t think I’m going to show up [for a fourth].” Hank Pym survived the events of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but it doesn’t sound like Douglas is too interested in coming back to the MCU.
He played the character in all three “Ant-Man” movies, plus popped up briefly in “Avengers: Endgame.” Marvel has not yet announced its plans for the “Ant-Man” franchise’s future. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” was one of two big box office disasters for Marvel in 2023 along with “The Marvels.” The film was intended to kick off the fifth phase of the MCU with a bang by introducing the Thanos-like villain Kang the Conquerer (played by Jonathan Majors, who has since been dropped by Marvel after he was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of harassment
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