Saturday, July 26, 2014

Is Evangeline Lilly Playing Wasp in Ant-Man?



Marvel Studios has officially announced the roles of Evangeline Lilly and Corey Stiles for Ant-Man.
Stoll will play the film's "bad guy" named Darren Cross, AKA Yellowjacket (cuz, you know, bug themes).  Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man (played by Michael Douglas, will be the mentor for Darren Cross, until their relationship goes sour.  
Fans of the comics remember that Yellowjacket was actually one of Hank Pym's alter-ego's when he spazzed out and went all crazy.
Lilly was confirmed as playing Hope Van Dyne, daughter of Hank Pym.  Fans of Ant-Man instantly recognize Van Dyne as the last name of Janet Van Dyne, otherwise know as Wasp. 
In the comics, Janet Van Dyne was married to Hank Pym and both were founding members of the Avengers. 
This raises interesting questions about how Wasp will play into this movie, if she even shows up at all.  It would seem strange for them to cast an aged Janet Van Dyne as Wasp. My guess is that Janet Van Dyne is deceased and that her daughter will actually take up the mantle of Wasp and will become romantically involved with Paul Rudd's character, Scott Lang AKA Ant-Man. Everything is fun speculation at this point though.  

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