CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Writers Reveal Why They Cut 'The Wasp' From The Movie
Kevin Feige has previously revealed that The Wasp was at one point going to be in Captain America: Civil War, but now the movie's screenwriters have shed some light on why she was ultimately cut.
Ant-Man ended with the reveal that Hope Van Dyne will soon be suiting up as The Wasp, and while we now know that will be happening in Ant-Man and The Wasp, she could have appeared in Captain America: Civil War! Instead, Scott Lang will be by his lonesome as he joins #TeamCap, but screenwriters Christopher Markus and Marcus McFeely have now shed some light on how Evangeline Lily could have factored into the movie. "You know, almost everybody made it in," the former tells Collider. "There was a period where we talked about bringing Wasp in. There was actually a draft Wasp was in because she was so almost on the edge of being in Ant-Man, but then you’re taking something awesome out of the Ant-Man team’s quiver if it’s like, “Well, we’re doing her!” Plus she had a similar skill set, so it’s like “Well, maybe we just isolate it to Scott."
Of course, with Scott about to take on his Giant-Man persona, that should be more than enough for the time being! It would have been nice to get an early look at The Wasp though, but McFeely went on to explain why she didn't necesarily fit into Captain America: Civil War. "When you see the movie, you see that Scott is his own comic relief so it would change that a little bit. They would be this pair. Everybody else we would talk about them and then they’d go away, but we got most everybody back." That makes sense, and it now seems as if this is definitely one surprise cameo we should cross off the list. Even so, our first proper look at The Wasp can't get here soon enough...
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