Although it was reported just a few weeks before Comic-Con that Nathan Fillion had signed to star as Hank Pym in The Avengers, fans were upset to find out during the convention that those rumours were seemingly false when both director Joss Whedon and Fillion himself denied that he would have a role in the 2012 epic.
Unfortunately, the following bit of news will do nothing to make those of us that were disappointed by that any better. In a recent interview about the hit TV show,
Castle, with
Collider the actor was once again quizzed on whether he'll be in the movie. He insisted that he's just too busy!
Are you hoping that Joss might find a role for you in The Avengers?
"That would be a lovely fantasy. The fact is that I’m on Castle right now, and that’s 10 months out of the year. So, unless they’re filming for two months, on my months off, there’s just no possible way it could logistically be done."
Personally, I think that Nathan Fillion would make a fantastic Ant-Man. However, recent reports seem to indicate that Edgar Wright wants to introduce the character in his own solo movie first and it's clear from the
Firefly stars comment above that he probably wont have time to portray the Marvel superhero at any point in the near future!
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