Paul Rudd is looking back on his time on “Friends”.
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Paul Rudd is looking back at how he entered the MCU and the Ant-Man star said being in a superhero movie was not part of his plans.
“My agent set up a meeting with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige. Marvel was pretty new. They weren’t even part of Disney. It would’ve been like somebody saying, How would you feel about doing Dancing with the Stars? A superhero franchise was never on my radar,” Rudd told Men’s Health.
He continued, “I never really thought I was the type of actor that they would offer any of those parts to. But when this idea came around, I was excited about doing something that was so out of left field, and I knew that if it was announced that I was going to be joining a superhero franchise, most people would say, What the f**k? And I got to wear a superhero suit.”
It was those “left field” decisions that Rudd made in his career that helped him carve out a space in Hollywood and the Marvel film was not the first time he would do something like that. Rudd also said that after his breakout film Clueless, he opted to do a play as his follow-up move.
“My agent said, What are you doing? My career was just starting. But I had a real clear vision then of what I wanted and how I wanted to do it,” he explained. “I didn’t want to be considered a joke among actors who I really admire. I really wanted to learn how to do this right. I had a real focus. Certainly some of the movies were not as good as I’d imagined, but they were beneficial, each in their own way.”
Rudd credits Wet Hot American Summer as a pivotal film in his career adding, “Without that, I don’t know if I get to do Anchorman, which was seminal. And I’ve gotten to work with Judd Apatow for years now.”
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Paul Rudd is looking back on his time on “Friends”.
Paul Rudd is recalling his time on Friends and reflecting on how he felt being on the hit sitcom thinking that he shouldn’t be there.
Paul Rudd cleared up an Avengers: Endgame plot hole and opened up about being on Friends in some recent interviews.
While reflecting back on his time as Mike Hannigan in TV's "Friends," Paul Rudd admited feeling he "shouldn't be" in the final episode. "It was really fun and they were great," Rudd said of the "Friends" cast while appearing on the "Heart Breakfast" show with JK and Kelly Brook. "The whole thing was a bit surreal … to be a part of that." "I never knew that I was going to be in as many [episodes] that I was," Rudd explained.
Friends.The actor, who played Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) third husband Mike Hannigan, first appeared in the sitcom in 2002 during the third episode of season nine.He had a recurring role throughout the show’s final two seasons, including an appearance in the final episode titled The Last One which aired in 2004.Speaking to Heart Breakfast on Friday (February 17) about his involvement in the sitcom, Rudd said: “The whole thing was a bit surreal I must say to be a part of that. Because I came on near the end… I never knew I was going to be in as many as I was.“But it also felt strange.
An animal shelter in Tennessee is calling on Paul Rudd to adopt a dog who bears an uncanny resemblance the “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” star.
WARNING: Mild spoilers ahead for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”The multiversal door has been kicked open in the MCU, and Kang the Conqueror isn’t the only one with a bunch of variants to worry about. In “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” Scott Lang also finds himself in a room full of, well, himself. And according to Paul Rudd, it was singlehandedly “the most complex thing” he’s ever had to do.Thanks to a few brief shots in the early trailers for the film, we knew that Scott Lang would eventually come face to face with himself, and a giant version of himself and, somehow, a pile of himself.
Paul Rudd is getting called out by his longtime friend Olivia Colman.
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Marvel‘s Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania and Michael B. Jordan in the upcoming boxing sequel Creed III, has revealed which of the Hollywood heavyweights packs the hardest punch.Majors plays villain Kang The Conqueror in Quantumania, who shares multiple fight scenes with Rudd’s Ant-Man. In Creed III, he faces off against Jordan’s champion boxer Adonis in the ring.
@gregjames pic.twitter.com/Nz4Qu65z5y“Hiya Paul, I’m a huge fan. I wanted to pick your brains,” Colman said as “Caller 4,” disguising her voice in a Welsh accent. “So, what would you do if you had a really, like a really good mate, like for over 20 years, and this friend, he doesn’t live in England, but he’s come to England, and he hasn’t told you about it.
Paul Rudd is revealing why it was a challenge starring opposite Jonathan Majors in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”.
Paul Rudd got an unexpected phone call as he was promoting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania on BBC Radio 1 this morning.
Paul Rudd has some clear thoughts about other characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.During a Thursday night appearance on, the 53-year-old action star played a round of Plead the Fifth, where host Cohen tried to get him to shade his co-stars.«Which of the Marvel superheroes has the lamest powers… and is it Hawkeye?» Cohen quipped, referencing Jeremy Renner's arrow-slinging vigilante.Rudd laughed at the question before agreeing, saying, «Yeah, it's totally [Hawkeye]. I mean, he shoots arrows, come on. And I thought talking to ants was weird.»Despite the Marvel confession, Rudd has nothing but love for actor Renner.
The stars of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are taking over London!
2022 was sort of a mixed bag for the MCU. On the one hand, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” were two of the year’s biggest box office hits.
Achieving her wildest dreams. Kathryn Newton spent years wanting to play a superhero, and she finally suits up as Cassie Lang in Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Paul Rudd's relationship with his late father was a good one, they didn't have many conversations about feelings and emotions.The Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actor was born in New Jersey but grew up in Kansas City – he recently celebrated his hometown's big win at the Super Bowl with his own son, Jack. His dad, Michael, passed away in 2008 after a battle with cancer.Speaking with People for a cover story, the star opened up about his upbringing, and the rare one heart-to-heart he did have with his father that, though rare, left a lasting impact on him.WATCH: Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd give hilarious answers to some very quirky interview questionsMORE: Kelly Ripa wows in skin-tight green wetsuit in honor of Philadelphia Eagles for Super Bowl"I had a good relationship with my dad, we always got on and talked. But we didn't have, like, the real heart-to-hearts.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Ant-Man,” released eight years ago, was a comic-book movie that almost inadvertently used its hyper-miniaturized cowboy-on-ant-back superhero as a metaphor for what a tiny place the film itself occupied in the MCU. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (2018) was a bit less small. The director, Peyton Reed, who had a background in human comedy (“Down with Love,” “Bring It On”), expanded the sequel into a puckish fantasy of scale, with characters and objects popping back and forth in size, though the result was still more amusing than momentous. Paul Rudd’s nice-guy divorced dad turned badass metallic bug Scott Lang may have been an official Avenger, but that still didn’t give him more than a flyweight significance.