Ant-Man Star Evangeline Lilly Stirs Controversy With Vaccine Comments
Star of the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,Evangeline Lilly has stirred up controversy again with her stance on mandatory vaccines. Lilly made a name for herself with her first starring role as Kate Austen in ABC's award-winning drama, Lost, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.In the 2015 film Ant-Man, Lilly joined the MCU as Hope van Dyne, the daughter of the original Ant-Man and Wasp, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), who takes over her mother's mantle and becomes a partner to Scott Lang's (Paul Rudd) Ant-Man. Quantumania will be Lilly's fourth MCU film in the role.
Lately, Lilly has been making headlines outside of the MCU, and the Canadian-born actress has been vocal about her home country's response to the Covid-19 virus. The Canadian government currently requires public servants to be vaccinated, and if they were not fully vaccinated by October 29, 2021, they would be put on unpaid administrative leave. In response to these vaccine mandates, a series of protests and blockades calling themselves the Freedom Convoy began in Canada in January. Lilly also opposed the vax mandates and posted on Instagram that she supported the convoy's cause and was attending a rally in DC herself, inciting backlash from MCU fans.
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Still, the backlash has not stopped Lilly from voicing her stance. This week, Lilly addressed Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau in a video posted by Bridge City News, a program that has been following the Freedom Convoy closely, and urged him to sit down with the convoy's protesters. Lilly's message stirred up backlash yet again with Marvel fans with some even calling for Lilly
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