‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’: Paul Rudd Explains What He Learned Growing Up with Scott Lang

The importance of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ in the Multiverse Saga cannot be underestimated, given that it begins -after the appetizer that was the first season of ‘Loki’- the story that places Kang as the great villain of the new stage for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Given the increase in size that entails and the big future implications for the MCU that entails, the new Ant-Man installment is much the same as its predecessors: from the family.

This is how Paul Rudd explains it, who gives life to Scott Lang/Ant-Man, and with whom we were able to speak in eCartelera for the premiere of the film that opens Marvel’s Phase 5. The actor, who in 2015 when “Ant-Man” was released, little did he imagine that the hero he plays would end up having his own trilogy and appearing multiple times in ‘The Avengers’ (“Absolutely not. I would never have guessed that!”), tells us what it was like growing up with the character and what he learned in doing so. Because yes, even if his fame says otherwise, time passes for him too.

“I think the character has grown because he’s been through so much and learned a lot along the way: he’s saved the universe, he’s been in prison, he’s been without his daughter for several years, he’s been in the quantum world… it’s happened many things!”He says. “Now she values ​​what’s really important: spending time with her daughter. I’ve learned that too. I’m older than when I started and my children too, I’ve seen them grow. I knew it was important, but in recent years I’ve learned to value it more. I’m really sorry. I feel it differently, maybe because they’ve grown up. Now I look at them and I see that they will go to university, they will become independent… And it will happen before I know it. I always try to balance travel, work and family, and I really identify with Scott in that regard.”.

In fact, despite the importance of Kang and the evolution towards the ensemble of ‘Quantumania’, the heart of ‘Ant-Man’ is still occupied by the father-daughter relationship between Scott and Cassie, who on this occasion is played by a new actress, Kathryn Newton. Despite the change of interpreter, Rudd explains why it was easy for him to connect with her: “It was so easy because she’s so amazing. When I met her, I thought she was super sweet. She’s adorable and always laughing. I love that in a person. […] As talented as she is, we immediately hit it off. I knew her character, of course, it’s my third film, but even though it’s the first time she’s played Cassie, I feel like I really know her, I’ve known her since she was six years old. I know what the relationship between the two is like”.

Inside the volume

One of the things that differentiates ‘Quantumania’ from the previous two installments of ‘Ant-Man’, other than the increase in scale, is the technology that was used to record it and make the Quantum World possible. The movie uses The Volume, an almost 360º enveloping set covered on the walls and ceiling by LED screenswhich allows the actors to play in a more engaging environment and close to the final result, instead of the classic colors.

On this still-evolving cutting-edge technology, which was used in ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi and is changing the way blockbuster movies are made in Hollywood, Rudd believes “It’s great to be able to see what’s going to be around you when you’re talking to another actor. We don’t always do it that way, sometimes we shoot on blue screen”. And he adds: “The Volume is an LED screen that surrounds us and makes us feel like we’re in Quantum World or anywhere else you want when we shoot. It was our first time doing this and it’s amazing. Normally, we have to watch the movie to know what we were watching!”.

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantummania” it’s already in theaters.