Ant-Man’s heroes on facing Kang, how Quantumania sets the tone for Phase 5, and Scott Lang: Celebrity Avenger
Ant-Man and the Wasp may have faced down Thanos and lived to tell the tale – but they’ve never encountered anything like Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror. As Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly’s Avengers head down to the Quantum Realm with their Ant-Family in tow, they have to face down the new MCU villain as well as navigating the weird and wonderful world of Marvel’s mini universe.
As Quantumania hits cinemas, we sat down to speak to Rudd and Lilly separately to discuss what new sides we see from the heroes thanks to Kang, how "tedious" it was for Rudd to film opposite infinite versions of himself, and how a new generation of heroes is invigorating to the MCU.
The interviews have been edited for length and clarity.
Every hero needs a good villain. You have one of the best in Kang. What does he draw out of [Scott and Hope] that we haven’t seen before?
Paul Rudd: I think that he’s certainly the most powerful [villain]. I think a lot of things that Scott has been able to do, they don’t really work with him. Even his rhythms, everything about him is different.
Scott is a little discombobulated by it all. He fights him in a way that we haven’t seen in the other films. He also brings out a real threat against his family, his daughter. The angry dad side is the thing that makes it all the more real for Scott.
Evangeline Lilly: I think that’s one of the most fun things about shooting this film. We had an infusion of new characters. Whenever you put your character up against an energy you haven’t encountered before, something else will come out of your character. We had Cassie Lang, and it was really fun to see that girlfriend BFF energy that we haven’t seen come out of Hope before. Then we have Janet in her relationship
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