2. Paul Rudd said in an interview with the New York Times that he bought a huge ant farm to observe how the ants work together and got some inspiration from it. So he decided to keep the farm after the filming was completed.
3. In the flashback shots of the 1980s, the film used special effects to make 70-year-old Michael Douglas and 57-year-old Martin Donovan look younger, while also making 33-year-old Hayley Atwell look older.
4. Director Edgar Wright is a big fan of Ant-Man. He has been planning and shooting since 2003 and described the film as "an action-adventure comedy, a cross-genre performance and special effects treasure mine". Since then, I have been promoting the film, shooting test rolls, hiring actors, and preparing for the film to start soon. Then in 2014, he withdrew from the crew because of the "creative difference" with Disney, which bought the copyright five years ago.
5. When Edgar Wright was still on the crew, he asked Marvel not to let Ant-Man and the Wasp appear before he finished the movie, which is why they did not show up in the reunion.
6. The sound of the Yellowjacket launching laser is the same as the launching sound of the AT-AT main gun in the Star Wars series of movies. Of course, this is due to Disney owning the copyrights of Star Wars and Marvel at the same time.
7. Director Peyton Reed said that Marvel initially wanted Steve Buscemi to play the role of Hank Pym. However, due to schedule conflicts, they had to switch to the second choice Michael Douglas.
8. Michael Douglas felt incredible after seeing the special effects that made him younger. He said that he could even see small black spots on his face, which reminded him of when he was filming "Emerald" in 1984.
9. Michael Douglas said that his reason for appearing in Hank Pym is to let his children see himself in the Marvel series of movies.
10. Michael Douglas revealed that Paul Rudd had undergone rigorous training to make his muscles look more like a superhero, but because he was too strong, he could not wear the Ant-Man costume he had prepared before, so he had to deal with the costume. It has been softened.
11. In order to be more in line with the size of the protagonist, the film was shot with a ratio of 1.85:1 instead of the 2.35:1 usually used in Marvel movies.
12. In the movie, Scott Lang once suggested to ask the Avengers for help. In the comics, Ant-Man is actually the founding member of the Avengers.
13. In addition to body and weight training, Paul Rudd also trained with a gymnast. He said, “I know I have some spin and roll movements to do, and I try to make them more convincing. Some."
14. Although Edgar Wright withdrew from the movie, a large part of the script is still his creation.
15. Darren Cross said when the film began to describe Ant-Man, this sounds like a tale to astonish, and the first time Ant-Man appeared in the comics was the 27th issue (January 1962). ).
16. Michael Douglas spent his 70th birthday during the filming. As a tribute to him, the staff prepared a birthday cake with ants on the film.
17. The ant shapes in the movie are specially designed to appear less scary and unfriendly.
18. Garrett Morris plays a taxi driver in the film. He once played Ant-Man in "Saturday Night Live".
19. In the comics, Ant-Man can be made larger in addition to being smaller, but the movie only shows how to make it smaller with a red potion. The blue potion that can grow bigger appears in the form of darts.
20. I had recently planned to make Hank Pym's wife Wasp appear in the film, and considered Rashida Jones or Emma Stone to play.
21. When Scott Lang asked Pym to ask Fulian for help, Pym said they were busy making the city fall from the sky. What it refers to is the plot in "Reunion 2: The Age of Ultron".
22. Paul Rudd and the stuntman wore real Ant-Man costumes, but Corey Stoll's Yellow Jacket relied on motion capture to complete. At first, I wanted to make a real yellow jersey costume, but later I found it unrealistic.
23. Scott lives in the Milgrom Hotel, his name is to pay tribute to the comic author Al Milgrom.
24. Michael Douglas mentioned why he took the film. "The big reason is because I want to do something for my children. They are very excited and think Dad is cool. You know that I have shot a lot of R grades in my career. They can’t see the movie of the movie. Recently, they have begun to understand what I’m doing, so it’s still very fun.”
25. Simon Pegg once described Edgar Wright’s script as “bold, fun and exciting of". He also regretted that the script was not produced.
26. Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan and Gary Oldman have all been considered for appearing in Hank Pym.
27. In the comics, it was Hank Pym who created Ultron, but because the film was released later than "Avenger 2: The Age of Ultron", Iron Man was in the dark.
28. Edgar Wright hopes to separate the movie into a story without being associated with any Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This was obviously not in line with the producer's plan, coupled with other factors, eventually led to Edgar Wright leaving the crew.
29. Jessica Chastain rejected the role of Hope van Dyne due to a schedule conflict. She also quit the Maya Hansen role in "Iron Man 3" for the same reason.
30. Evangeline Lilly revealed that in Edgar Wright's script, Hope has very few scenes. It was after rewriting the script that she added more dramas.
31. Paul Rudd is the second American drama "Parks and Recreation" actor starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first one is Chris Pratt, who plays Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.
32. Patrick Wilson was originally scheduled to play Paxton, but due to the film's delayed shooting and schedule conflicts, he withdrew, and Bobby Cannavale played the role.
33. The first trailer released by the film is the size of the ant, that is, no one can see what it is acting. Fortunately, the next day, a life-size trailer was released.
34. Stan Lee, the faceless madman, has a cameo as a bartender in this film.
35. The film director Peyton Reed was once thought to direct another Marvel movie in 2014, "Guardians of the Galaxy", but it was eventually directed by James Gunn. Before that, he had also been involved in the "Fantastic Four" released in 2005, which was also a Marvel movie, only released by Twentieth Century Fox.
36. Peyton Reed is a loyal fan of Marvel comics, so he seized the opportunity to become the director of the film after Edgar Wright was released, and before the film was released, he promised to direct the sequel of the film.
37. Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ewan McGregor have all been considered for Scott Lang.
38. Michael Douglas, the actor of Hank Pym, once said that he hoped that one day his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones could play the wasp Janet van Dyne (the wife of Hank Pym in the play).
39. Mary Elizabeth Winstead had hoped to star in The Wasp.
40. Most of Ant-Man's action scenes are made through special effects. In addition to the fight with Falcon, Anthony Mackie had to perform the action of being beaten by Ant-Man.
41. Adam McKay, Ruben Fleischer, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Nicholas Stoller, Michael Dowse and David Wain have all been considered for directing the film.
42. Edgar Wright's script does not include the Wasp, but is mentioned slightly by Pym. So probably the idea of making Hope a new generation of Wasps does not exist.
43. Disney announced that the sequel "Ant-Man and the Wasp" will be released in North America on July 16, 2018.
44. David Wain was considered to direct the film after Edgar Wright left.
45. This film is the first movie mentioning Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Luis's flashback description, he mentioned a "guy who can jump, swing, and climb walls", possibly pointing to a spiderman.
46. Hank Pym said that not wearing a helmet will affect the chemicals in the brain. In the comics, Hank Pym does have a mental illness, although the reason is not explained.
47. In the movie, Cassie Lang is happy that her father has become a superhero and raises a huge ant as a pet. In the comics, she finally put on an Ant-Man uniform and became an Ant Girl.
48. The ending was supposed to be a duel between Ant-Man and Carson, and then Ant-Man defeated him and recovered the potion sample he stole. But in the end the ending was changed to Carson stealing the sample. Therefore, it is very likely that he will give the sample to Hydra, perhaps this will become one of the plots of the next Marvel movie "American Team 3: Civil War".
50. When Scott rode an ant flight for the first time, he fell onto a newspaper. The content of the newspaper was "Who should be responsible for the SOKOVIA incident", which also pointed to the plot of "Reunion 2: Ultron Age".
51. This film continues the tradition that someone must lose his arm in the Marvel series. In "Iron Man 3", Iron Man severed Aldrich Killian's arm; in "Thor 2" Loki severed Thor's arm in a phantom; Bucky's mechanical prosthesis in "American Team 2"; "Reunion 2" Ultron severed Ulyses Klaue's arm. In this film, when Ant-Man finally destroyed the Yellowjacket system and caused it to collapse, it is obvious that he completely lost his right arm, and then the other parts gradually collapsed. Producer Kevin Feige said that the move was to pay tribute to the loss of his arm in "Star Wars", the Skywalker Luke.
52. When Ant-Man enters the subatomic world, some images similar to Janet van dyne of the Wasp can be seen, which may imply that the Wasp may return later.
53. After Ant-Man enters the subatomic world, he uses an enlarged dart to return to its original size. This may be a foreshadowing for him to become huge in the future.
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