ANT-MAN Star Evangeline Lilly Confirms She's Stepping Away From Acting

TheGreenRanger -6/4/2024,12:03 PM

Oh no, a terrible blow for the M-She-U.

mountainman -6/4/2024,12:04 PM

Wasp could have been a major player several years back but the MCU never knew what to do with her. She could just be written off quite easily with no major impacts to the universe.

Vigor -6/4/2024,12:11 PM

@mountainman - agreed. You could way the same about a lot of the characters. I think the mcu has done a job no other studio has done before. But even then it's not perfect. It's a lot of characters to juggle. I wanted more for Wasp.

The title of wasp has passed on to others so perhaps this isn't the end for the superheroine yet

mountainman -6/4/2024,12:18 PM

@Vigor - It’s a bummer we never got to see Hank and Janet in their heyday, and maybe we could get a flashback project to that. I’ve never been a major Wasp fan, but Janet’s the only version I’ve ever cared about.

Apophis71 -6/4/2024,12:23 PM

@mountainman - I agree but in addition recasting is always an option anyway if they have a strong narrative reason to use the character again even if in some cases they have chosen not to use the recast option.

BIG reason why I lost interest in the Antman franchise is how badly they handled the supporting cast in the second and then third film. First was fun but forgettable however in many ways Wasp was a stronger character than Scott was the way they set everything up but not only doubled down on the gooft and heist aspects of Lang they wasted the rest of the family big time.

Apophis71 -6/4/2024,12:28 PM

@mountainman - Would STILL love an animated origin of Hank and Janet, takes us back to when they were working alongside Howard Stark, show what happened to the MCU Reed etc if they don't exist in the here and now on prime Earth, do more with the Howling commandos and suit up Falsworth as Union Jack etc...

...animated as cuts costs and can use the existing cast to voice where they can etc without expensive deaging and the like.

marvel72 -6/4/2024,12:40 PM

@mountainman - One of the problems with the Wasp, cool character.

However Ant-Man became inferior to the Wasp.

The Ant-Man trilogy became the Wasp trilogy.

mountainman -6/4/2024,12:43 PM

@marvel72 - That’s the downside to skipping Hank and Janet. All of the other OG Avengers got to start off with the legacy heroes except them.

Baf -6/4/2024,1:30 PM

@mountainman - They share a 12-step program with Hal Jordan.

StSteven -6/4/2024,2:51 PM

@mountainman - Yeah, I think I've posted this before, but I think that a D+ series with Hank and Janet in the 80's doing Cold War spy sh*t for S.H.I.E.L.D. would be awesome with a de-aged Douglas and Pfiefer. Doing the whole thing using de-aging would probably be rather cost prohibitive, however, so it would probably have to be fairly grounded and may be relegated to a Special Presentation, but I would prefer a limited series in the vein of "CA:WS".

Ad if it ended up being a success (and not too costly), they could do a couple of seasons and whenever they decide to end it, they end it with the flashback scene from "AM1" where Janet sacrifices herself to stop the missile, nicely tying it into "AM1" and filling out that backstory.

ANT-MAN Star Evangeline Lilly Confirms She's Stepping Away From Acting - What Does This Mean For The Wasp? (2024)