For a new property that had bumpy beginning, and that essentially
opens just four months way, Marvel's Ant-Man has been surprisingly discreet.
In a recent interview to Esquire, Bobby Cannavale recalled
how he ended up with a role in the film.
With Ant-Man, that
went through a major change when it lost Edgar [Wright], and Paul and Adam
McKay, who is also a friend of mine, got to work on rewriting the script. They
sort of pumped the part up a bit in the new version and they both called me and
said, "You've got to do this." They called me before Marvel called. I
really went on good faith because they're so secretive over there about the
script. I just trusted Paul.
Ant-Man will be Cannavale's biggest
production yet, so it would be understandable if the actor felt some degree of apprehension,
but no, it seems he had a good time working with his long time friend Paul
Rudd.
We had a great time. We went down to Atlanta and shot
it over a few months. I've never been a part of something like that before.
It's pretty funny because Paul's one of my best friends and we've been friends
a long time—kind of before either of us really hit—and it was funny to watch
him in that suit and keep a straight face. There was a lot of laughing.
The actor then added he didn't felt any pressure in
being in a Marvel movie because at the end of the day he isn't the hero.
You know, look, I'm
not playing the guy in the suit. So I don't have that kind of pressure. But if
you know Paul, you know he's a pretty down-to-earth guy. I have to say, the
whole thing, for as big as it was, felt like an indie film. With the exception
of all the blue screen and the ridiculous suit that he's in. And the fact that
I've got to look at something that's not there and react to something like an
explosion when there's no explosion. Aside from that, the actual scenes
themselves were really fun and funny and we improvised a lot. It almost felt
like an Adam McKay film. Since Guardians of the Galaxy, I
think Marvel's sort of taken a different approach to their films and have
injected them with a lot of levity. It's a great choice to have Paul play that
role, sort of in the same vein as having Chris Pratt do Guardians.
It still has the totemic idea of the hero, but the sense of humor is what's
different in comparison to something like Thor.
Finally the actor revealed that he's playing the
husband of Judy Greer's character, who just so happens to be Ant-Man's ex-wife.
Yeah, it is funny.
Judy Greer is in it and she plays my wife. She's always fun. Michael Peña is
very funny in it. T.I. is in it. I worked with
Tip!
Set for release on July 17,
2015, the film is directed by Peyton Reed (“Bring it On,” “The Break-Up”) and
stars Paul Rudd (“I Love You Man,” “Role Models”) as Scott Lang aka Ant-Man,
and Michael Douglas (“Behind The Candelabra,” “Wall Street”) as his mentor Dr.
Hank Pym and Evangeline Lilly (“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Lost”)
as Hope Van Dyne, daughter of Hank Pym.
The film also includes
outstanding additional cast including Corey Stoll (“House of Cards,” “The
Bourne Legacy”), Bobby Cannavale (“Danny Collins,” “Annie,” HBO’s “The Long
Play”), Michael Peña (“End of Watch,” “American Hustle”), Abby Ryder Fortson
(“Togetherness”), Judy Greer (“13 Going on 30,” “Dawn of the Planet of the
Apes”), David Dastmalchian (“The Dark Knight,” “Prisoners”), Wood Harris
(“Remember the Titans,” “The Wire”), John Slattery (“Mad Men,” Marvel’s “Iron
Man 2”) and Gregg Turkington (“The Comedy,” “On Cinema”) and multi-hyphenate
T.I. (“American Gangster,” “Takers”).
Source - Esquire
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