SPOILERS: Is This ANT-MAN Actor Going To Be The Villain In The Sequel?
There's one actor in Ant-Man whose character hasn't been revealed...until now! As it turns out, he shares a name with one of the superhero's few rogues, so could it be that Marvel are planning on bringing him back in a possible sequel? Hit the jump for the intriguing (and spoilery) details!
The eagle eyed folks over at Bleeding Cool point out that during the world premiere of Ant-Man, it was revealed that Martin Donovan is playing Mitchell Carson in the finale of Marvel's Phase 2. Who? Well, in the comics, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who was chosen to become the new Ant-Man before the suit was stolen by Eric O'Grady. He then went after the crook in a hastily thrown together prototype, but was left horribly disfigured in a fight with the man who stole his costume.
Donovan then went on to become a villain and was eventually imprisoned by Iron Man. There's every chance that none of this will end up making it into either Ant-Man or a possible sequel, but it's an interesting choice of character to include in the movie given his history. What do you think?
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