Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1962, the same year as Spider-Man, Ant-Man is a champion of decay, unlike his Invincible companions who pursue monumental fights. In this comic-book faithful, the smallest of the superheroes (shrinks and grows at will) is thanks to the genius of Doctor Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), the inventor of the formula that can shrink the space between atoms. be born. A generation later, Pym emerges from exile to hand the torch to robber king Scott Lang. Like the ants it communicates with, the XXS body is lawless, can glide anywhere, between cobblestones, through a keyhole, and has incredible strength.
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Ant-Man’s superpower is undoubtedly his translator, Paul Rudd. The charming and discreet actor embodies with a touch of irony this immediately endearing loser who will have to bring out the heroic part in him. By then she was associated with roles in Judd Apatow’s student comedies: 40 years old, still virgin, Pregnant, instructions for use… In 2015, at the age of 46, he landed in the Marvel universe, where his slim silhouette contrasts with that of his muscular counterparts, including his twenty-year career at the watch. According to the film’s director, Peyton Reed, he was the perfect guy as a redemption-seeking bad boy: “Paul has a strong sympathy capital, but this movie reveals another aspect of his personality because he plays an ex-con and a thief. He has appeared in many comedies but has also been in more serious work, whether in the movie (Prince of Texas). , editor’s note) or in the theater”. So it’s the business card of a player who can play anything. “I do everything funny in life, but I approach my roles from a dramatic perspective”says the actor. When his fellow comedians reviewed the improvised scenes, he wanted to study the very serious English theater of the 18th century at Oxford: “My agencies didn’t get it. I wanted to be a better player, not just a working player.”
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Here Paul Rudd will return for tragedy. Fun and upbeat as anything, the movie plays in scale changes, evocative Honey, I shrunk the kids Or inner adventure. The movie even gets the treatment of a final duel in the land. Toy Storyuses a small electric train in a nursery as a backdrop. “Even when playing in front of a green screen, have fun comedianI was aware that many incredible things were going to happen around me”. In a casual style, the opposite of a solemn Batman, Ant-Man belonging, like guardians of the galaxy, the cool looking superhero family. A record where Paul excels. After that Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) is back for a third piece: Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaIn cinemas on February 15.
Ant-Man will air on TF1 on Sunday, February 19 at 21:10
ISABEL MAGNIER
Source: Programme Television
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