Evangeline Lilly Shares New Intriguing ANT-MAN Details On 'The Wasp' And 'Hope Van Dyne'

Evangeline Lilly Shares New Intriguing ANT-MAN Details On 'The Wasp' And 'Hope Van Dyne'

The Hobbit actress now teases an "intense and emotional" scene with Michael Douglas, and she also reveals details about Hope Van Dyne's relationship with her parents, Ant-Man & Wasp. Check it out!

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By DCMarvelFreshman - Dec 18, 2014 10:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Ant-Man
Source: Empire


During a podcast interview with Empire magazine last week, Evangeline Lilly revealed new Ant-Man details about her role as Hope Van Dyne, as well the character's relationship with mom and dad, Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne. However, Lilly was first asked what it was like to play the daughter of two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas. "When I first signed on, It didn't really occur to me how monumental or what a big deal that was," she said. "I just thought 'Oh great, Michael? Paul [Rudd]? Wonderful; great cast'. I'm very clinical about deciding what roles I'll take, so I've sort of been checking boxes, and Michael became a box I checked. [I thought] 'Okay great, they've cast that one well...moving on' and I carried on with my process of checks and balances. And then I got to work [on-set] and started working with him, and then about halfway through shooting, I had to do this very intense emotional with Michael Douglas. And it wasn't until midway through shooting this scene with him that suddenly the penny dropped and it occurred to me 'Oh my God, I'm acting opposite Michael Douglas; this is a legendary star'. He's a consummate actor, and it hit me. The reason it hit me was because I had been working with him for long enough to have suddenly kind of realize 'Oh my God, he's such a force every time he shows up on set. Every time they call action, what he brings into the room makes the room electric; it brings everything to life. And I realized I was standing before and had the privilege to be working with a living legend."

Evangeline Lilly has previously acknowledged that her character's parents are Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, aka Ant-Man and Wasp in the comics, but she now seemingly confirms that both Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne will be actual superheroes in the movie; at least before something "tragic" happens to the Wasp. "I was raised by two superheroes," she said of Hope Van Dyne. "So, I'm a pretty screwed up human being. I am also fairly capable, strong, and kick-ass, which is wonderful to play, but the most fun to play was just how messed up she was from being raised by two superheroes. And the clear message sent by name is that I'm not a big fan of my father and so I took my mother's name." Anyhow, the beginning of Ant-Man is rumored to be set in the 1960s, so we'll likely see the Wasp and young(er) Pym in action before things move into present-day. And now that we know Janet Van Dyne will indeed be a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's easier to see how Evangline Lilly's  Hope Van Dyne might eventually take up the mantle as Wasp in Avengers and Ant-Man sequels, if not at some point in the original latter movie. What do you think?



Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. Directed by Peyton Reed, Ant-Man stars Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, David Dastmalchian, Michael Pena, Bobby Cannavale, Abby Ryder Fortson, Judy Greer, Wood Harris John Slattery and Gregg Turkington with multi-hyphenate T.I., and the film opens July 17, 2015
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OrionPax
OrionPax - 12/18/2014, 10:12 AM
FIRST!
ZeoTV
ZeoTV - 12/18/2014, 10:12 AM
I think I have a crush on Evangalin Lilly
batz11
batz11 - 12/18/2014, 10:13 AM
Yep, they did it ;)
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/18/2014, 10:13 AM
I like that they will show scenes from the 60's. It gives us a chance to see young Hank Pym, and Wasp.
OrionPax
OrionPax - 12/18/2014, 10:13 AM
Golly I've never been 1st.......and I like the idea that Pym and Van Dyne were most likely two of,if not the first superheroes
Tymminator
Tymminator - 12/18/2014, 10:13 AM
Took her mothers name I think it meant.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/18/2014, 10:13 AM
She will become the new Wasp. its inevitable.
Gandressmex
Gandressmex - 12/18/2014, 10:14 AM
Im just excited to see this movie.! Show us the trailer already.!
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85
CWBNGAJEEPGUY85 - 12/18/2014, 10:16 AM
Shoulda chose a better hair style for her....it's not doin anything for her
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 12/18/2014, 10:17 AM
Would that intense emotional scene be when Hank is shot?
DEVWoulf
DEVWoulf - 12/18/2014, 10:18 AM
Hairstyle is sexy as hell...you guys be trippin'.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 12/18/2014, 10:18 AM
"I'm a pretty screwed up human being. I am also fairly capable, strong, and kick-ass, which is wonderful to play, but the most fun to play was just how messed up she was from being raised by two superheroes."

The plot thickens
Nomadic1
Nomadic1 - 12/18/2014, 10:19 AM
She has been talking a lot lately, she better watch how much she says.
nikgrid
nikgrid - 12/18/2014, 10:20 AM
So is Marvel basing their casting on shitty Greg Land pictures now? ;)
Havenless
Havenless - 12/18/2014, 10:22 AM
Theory:

Hank and Scott devise a heist plan that requires two Ant-Men, but Cross's men ambush them the day before they're planning it. Hank is killed (1. Evangeline claims an emotional scene between them 2. Set photos of Evangeline helping michael when he has a bloody spot on his chest 3.Unlikely you're getting M Douglas to sign a multipicture deal, or if he did then he's just too wounded to finish it out). And so Janet takes his place as the second Ant-Person and Ant-Man & the Wasp version 2.0 is born.
JoJo1982
JoJo1982 - 12/18/2014, 10:24 AM
Having Antman and wasp be superheroes in the 60s, just helps make they already huge universe, even bigger!!!
AgeofApocalypse
AgeofApocalypse - 12/18/2014, 10:26 AM
Still pissed this is a more a Lang film rather than a Pym film (and he's old at that), but I am getting slowly more optimistic.
SymbioteJoker
SymbioteJoker - 12/18/2014, 10:27 AM
Please have awesome Wasp/ant man team up oh please please please
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 12/18/2014, 10:32 AM
@havenless

That sctually sounds like the movie in a nutshell.
l0rdleg0las
l0rdleg0las - 12/18/2014, 10:36 AM
What is with the shitty female hairstyle she is sporting in this movie?
mmadadamm
mmadadamm - 12/18/2014, 10:36 AM
So who will Ant Man and Wasp be fighting in the 60's?
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 12/18/2014, 10:39 AM
Do they have a website I can go to to ask her on a date??? Looked all over POF and she's not there, damn it!
batz11
batz11 - 12/18/2014, 10:41 AM
Lmao doops
RoyRodgersMcFreely
RoyRodgersMcFreely - 12/18/2014, 10:41 AM
I actually think this may turn out well. Plus she is soooooo hot!
batz11
batz11 - 12/18/2014, 10:42 AM
Slick I'll never be the same after seeing that gif, [frick]!
RynerLute
RynerLute - 12/18/2014, 10:43 AM
In B4 Gusto and others come ruin the thread. ;)
RynerLute
RynerLute - 12/18/2014, 10:44 AM
Too late. :O
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