In recent years, one of Michael Douglas’ most famous roles has come from the Marvel superhero film ‘Ant-Man.’ While the veteran actor is extremely grateful for the role, he recently shared that he wanted a different future for his character. Douglas opened up about how he wanted his character to die in the ‘Ant-Man’ films; however, the production team behind the films was not ready for that.Read ahead to know what else he has to share.
Michael Douglas says he wanted his ‘Ant-Man’ character to die.
Douglas played the role of Dr. Hank Pym, who is the creator behind the Pym Particles that become the main way for travelling into the Quantum realm. The 82-year-old recently featured on the ‘Happy Sad Confused’ podcast, during which he expressed that he is ready to say goodbye to his Marvel character.The host, Josh Horowitz, asked him about the same and whether he wants for his character in the Marvel franchise to die, to which the veteran star replied, “I would have been killed off after the second one, but they wouldn’t let me.” As to why this happened, the actor mentioned that the “fine print” of his contract came into effect. “We did Ant-Man, and Paul Rudd was a wonderful actor—a lovely group—but then you can’t get out of it,” he shared.He also admitted that filming for the Marvel movies has been quite hard for him, even though he has been interested in working on a film set’s greenscreen system since he beat cancer in 2011. He mentioned, “I said, ‘I’ve never done a green screen movie.'” ‘ I [told] all my agents, ‘I’d like to do one of these green screen movies to see what they’re like,’ you know? Because it’s amazing. It’s nothing, just a green screen, and they show you the pictures of what it’s going to look like when it’s all finished.”Douglas has appeared in four Marvel films so far. He first appeared in 2015’s ‘Ant-Man,’ after which he briefly appeared in its 2018 sequel, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp,’ along with Florenve Glorends, and also appeared in a cameo role for ‘Avengers: Endgame.’
