How That NSFW Ant-Man And Thanos Theory Became MCU Canon
When the first preview voyages for Disney Cruise Line's newest ship, the Disney Wish, took to the ocean, there was an interesting and slightly disturbing piece of Marvel Cinematic Universe information given to the world. During the Worlds of Marvel dining experience, Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and Evangeline Lilly (Wasp) appear in a pre-taped presentation to give a demonstration of quantum science. Of course, not before Rudd's Scott Lang puts his foot in his mouth, though.
As previously reported, Lang touches on a fan-favorite MCU theory. Why didn't Ant-Man simply shrink himself down, enter the butt of Thanos, and then turn giant, thus eliminating the mad titan? «I've heard a lot of chatter out there asking why I didn't shrink down, go in, and kill Thanos in a really creative way,» he said in the video. «First of all, gross. Secondly, it's much more complicated than that.» Of course, that's where Wasp cuts him off.
How, exactly, did that end up in a Disney-sanctioned piece of MCU canon, though? Strangely enough, you can thank Loki executive producer Michael Waldron for it.
Speaking to GameSpot during a preview cruise aboard the Disney Wish, Walt Disney Imagineering senior creative director Danny Handke walked us through the process.
«The direction and the script come from Imagineering. We develop it and we have a partner at Marvel Studios, whose name is Dave Bushore,» he explained. «We usually bring in a Marvel writer to polish the script and it happened to be [Loki executive producer] Michael Waldron. Kevin [Feige] brought in Michael specifically to help punch up some of the jokes and he added the Thanos joke.»
At first, Handke and his team weren't sure they would even be allowed to make that particular joke. However, it
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