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Michael Douglas Says Marvel Would Not Let Him Leave Ant-Man
Michael Douglas says he wanted to leave Marvel after two Ant-Man films but the studio would not let his character go.
He plays Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, who helps Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang take on the role.
Douglas first appeared as Pym in the 2015 film Ant-Man and later returned in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
He said he asked for Pym to die in Quantumania and suggested a dramatic scene involving the character shrinking and exploding.
Douglas had first joined Marvel because he wanted to try acting on a green screen, but later said the work was difficult and he felt he could not get out of it.
Marvel kept Pym in later films despite Douglas’s request, though the sources do not say whether Douglas will appear in another Marvel movie.
Michael Douglas says Marvel would not let him leave the Ant-Man films by killing off his character, Hank Pym.
Douglas said he would have been killed off after the second film but the studio refused.
He later asked for Hank Pym to die in the third Ant-Man film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Douglas debuted as Hank Pym in 2015 and appeared in three follow-up films.
He has said he initially joined Marvel to try acting in a green-screen movie.
- Who
- Michael Douglas, who played Hank Pym, and Marvel.
- What
- Douglas says Marvel would not let him leave the Ant-Man films by killing off his character.
- When
- He made the comments during a recent Happy Sad Confused podcast interview. He had also discussed his request in 2024.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Douglas said he wanted to be killed off after the second film. He had earlier said he wanted to try acting in a green-screen movie.
Michael Douglas
Marvel
Character's future
Michael Douglas
Douglas said he would have been killed off after the second Ant-Man film and later asked for Hank Pym to die in the third.
Marvel
Douglas said Marvel would not let him be killed off after the second film.
Douglas debuted as Hank Pym in Ant-Man.
Douglas appeared in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Douglas said he had asked Marvel to kill Hank Pym in the third Ant-Man film and described an idea involving shrinking to ant size and exploding.
Douglas said he would have been killed off after the second film, but Marvel would not let him.
- Character
- Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man
- First appearance
- Ant-Man (2015)
- Follow-up appearances
- Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
- Requested character death
- In the third standalone Ant-Man film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Recent comment
- Douglas said Marvel would not let him be killed off after the second film
3 sources
What people are saying
I would have been killed off after the second one, but they wouldn’t let me.
[Getting killed off] actually was my request for the third one
But then you can’t get out of it.