History Trivia / AntManAndTheWasp

** Creator/MichaelDouglas had hope that Janet would be played by his RealLife wife, Creator/CatherineZetaJones, before Creator/MichellePfeiffer was chosen.

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/PaulRudd plays both as Scott Lang and Janet van Dyne, the latter being Janet taking control over Scott's body.]]

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/LaurenceFishburne's rationale for being in this film, [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/11/03/ant-man-and-the-wasps-laurence-fishburne-and-marvel-working-on-a-secret-project as he had always dreamed of being in a Marvel film]]. He also appealed to Marvel to back a secret project that he had in mind.

** Creator/PaulRudd and Creator/MichellePfeiffer were on ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' playing the film's OfficialCouple.
** Creator/HannahJohnKamen and Creator/WaltonGoggins were on ''Film/TombRaider2018'', which premiered just a few months prior to this film.

* ActorSharedBackground: Ava/Ghost is revealed to be biracial just like Creator/HannahJohnKamen.

* WordOfSaintPaul:One of the movie's writers [[http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/07/08/ant-man-and-the-wasp-norman-osborn-mcu/ has stated]] that he believes Norman Osborn to be Sonny Burcg's employer.

** Regarding the film itself, it will be the 20th entry of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. The film will also mark the 55th anniversary of the first appearance of ComicBook/TheWasp back in June 1963.

** Creator/HannahJohnKamen and Creator/WaltonGoggins were on ''Film/TombRaider2018'' showed just a few months prior to this film.

* WrittenByCastMember: As with the first, Creator/PaulRudd, who plays Ant-Man, co-wrote the script.

** Peyton Reed hoped to make Scott realizing the suit can make him bigger as well as smaller a major plot point, and was none too pleased to have it stolen by ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/PaulRudd, who plays Ant-Man, is co-writing the movie.

* FanNickname: Due to Ghost wearing a hood, mask, being ghost-themed, riding a bike, and the last name of her actor, a portion of the fanbase calls her ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. Bonus points for the actress' surname.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/MichellePfeiffer takes over from Hayley Lovitt, who briefly played Janet in a silent cameo during the first film. Justified as Lovitt had played a younger version of Janet whose face was always covered in the first film, while [[TimeShiftedActor Pfeiffer gets to play her in her aged appearance]] and have her face shown for the first time. Funnily enough, Lovitt looks uncannily like a younger Pfeiffer. Averted when it was revealed that Lovitt would ''still'' play Janet in flashbacks, at least according to a leaked cast list.

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Paul Rudd plays both as Scott Lang and Janet van Dyne, the latter being Janet taking control over Scott's body.]]

* AllStarCast: With Creator/PaulRudd and Creator/EvangelineLilly as the leads, you have Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/MichaelPena, Music/{{TI}}, Creator/JudyGreer, Bobby Cannavale and David Dastmalchian returning from [[Film/AntMan the first movie]], as well as newcomers Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/HannahJohnKamen, Creator/WaltonGoggins and Creator/RandallPark.

* FanNickname: Due to Ghost wearing a hood, mask, being ghost-themed, riding a bike, and the last name of her actor, a portion of the fanbase calls her ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.

** Evangeline Lilly shared [[https://twitter.com/evangelinelilly/status/902269977549516800 the first publicity still]] of Hope as Wasp on the 100th birthday of Janet's co-creator, Creator/JackKirby.

** Michelle Pfeiffer agreed to appear in the movie because [[https://www.news18.com/news/movies/michelle-pfeiffer-had-her-doubts-about-ant-man-1780603.html she is a fan]] of the first ''Film/AntMan''.

* WrittenByCastMember: Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man, is co-writing the movie.

* AscendedMeme: [[spoiler:Infinity War created a meme that Thanos was responsible for deaths within other movies. At the end he really does kill people in another movie.]]

* FanNickname: Due to Ghost wearing a hood, mask, being ghost-themed, and the last name of her actor, a portion of the fanbase calls her ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.

AscendedMeme: [[spoiler:Infinity War created a meme that Thanos was responsible for deaths within other movies. At the end he really does kill people in another movie.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: Fans of College Humor's "If Google Was A Guy" will recognize Brian Huskey as the teacher who [[spoiler: asks Mini-Scott for his hall pass.]] Creator/Randall Park (Agent Woo) also had a cameo as "Bing" in episode two of the web-series.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Fans of College Humor's "If Google Was A Guy" will recognize Brian Huskey as the teacher who [[spoiler: asks Mini-Scott for his hall pass.]] Randall Park (Agent Woo) also had a cameo as "Bing" in episode two of the web-series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Peyton Reed hoped to make Scott realizing the suit can make him bigger as well as smaller a major plot point, and was none too pleased to have it stolen by ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.

* IKnewIt: Fans thought that they [[FreezeFrameBonus spotted]] Janet Van Dyne as the Wasp in the Quantum Realm sequence of the original ''Film/AntMan'' movie. This film explicitly confirms that yes, she's still there.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Janet Van Dyne is typically known for being exceptionally short statured in her normal size, standing between 5'2 to 5'4 DependingOnTheWriter, as well as having dark hair. Creator/MichellePfeiffer is quite a bit taller, standing at 5'7, and is usually blonde. However, its ''Michelle Pfeiffer'' so its not hard to see why they gave the role to her. Hayley Lovitt, who plays Janet in her younger form, is a bit closer in appearance to Janet at least, while also looking uncannily like a younger Pfeiffer.

* FakeNationality:
** Creator/RandallPark is Korean American while his character Jimmy Woo is Chinese American.
** Although this could end up being more RaceLift/MinorityToOtherMinority since "Woo" is also used as a Korean surname as well.