Line #3 Trivia/AntManAndTheWasp


1	* 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, it's ''Michelle Pfeiffer'' so it's 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 [[SeparatedAtBirthCasting like a younger Pfeiffer]].
2	* ActingInTheDark: Creator/MichaelDouglas did this to himself by accident, as he did not see ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', and was unaware that its events heavily tied into this film's plot. As such, he didn't know anything about Scott becoming Giant-Man, or why it was his fault that Hank and Hope were on the run from the authorities.
3	* ActorSharedBackground: Ava/Ghost has a heavy accented English accent and is revealed to be biracial, just like Creator/HannahJohnKamen, despite the character canonically has parents of South American descents.
4	* AllStarCast: With Creator/PaulRudd and Creator/EvangelineLilly as the leads, you have Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/MichaelPena, Music/{{TI}}, Creator/JudyGreer, Bobby Cannavale and Creator/DavidDastmalchian returning from [[Film/AntMan1 the first movie]], as well as newcomers Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/HannahJohnKamen, Creator/WaltonGoggins and Creator/RandallPark.
5	* AuteurLicense: Within the MCU, Creator/PeytonReed's success with salvaging the first Film/AntMan1 film earned him creative freedom with this project. In fact, Marvel Studios reorganized the Phase 3 release schedule specifically to give him this opportunity.
6	* AuthorsSavingThrow: Yellowjacket received [[https://screenrant.com/ant-man-director-yellowjacket-villain/ criticism]] as yet another Marvel villain with the same abilities as his enemy, so Peyton Reed made sure to give this movie a villain with more unique powers to that of the protagonists. Better yet, her suit is not the source of her abilities like our titular heroes [[spoiler:but a means of trying to control it and dampen the pain she's in]].
7	* AwesomeDearBoy:
8	** 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.
9	** Creator/HannahJohnKamen has stated she loved playing Ghost, and in fact would be open to reprising her again in a ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' movie.
10	* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/MichellePfeiffer was Creator/PeytonReed's dream voice to play Janet von Dyne when he was working on the first film.
11	* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/MarvelCinematicUniverse See here]].
12	* DevelopmentGag: Hope briefly muses to Scott about WhatCouldHaveBeen if she had joined him in [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar aiding Cap]]. Hope was, in fact, originally planned to debut as the Wasp in that movie before the directors changed their minds due to the large cast already present and Evangeline Lilly's pregnancy during shooting.
13	* FakeAmerican: Canadian Creator/EvangelineLilly playing American Hope van Dyne/The Wasp. Though, she ''is'' a United States resident. However, her [[UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents Canadian accent]] surfaces whenever she refers to Janet as "Mum.". Averted with her young actress, Madeleine McGraw who is actually American.
14	* FakeNationality: Creator/RandallPark is Korean American while his character Jimmy Woo is Chinese American. However, this could end up being more RaceLift/MinorityToOtherMinority since "Woo" is also used as a Korean surname as well.
15	* InspirationForTheWork: Peyton Reed was inspired by the films ''Film/AfterHours'', ''Film/MidnightRun'', and ''Film/WhatsUpDoc'' for the look and feel of the film. He was also inspired by the works of Creator/ElmoreLeonard.
16	* MilestoneCelebration:
17	** The "io" of the "Marvel Stud'''io'''s" logo has been turned into "10", since it came out the year of the MCU's 10th anniversary.
18	** Creator/EvangelineLilly 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.
19	** Regarding the film itself, it is the 20th entry of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. The film also marks the 55th anniversary of the first appearance of ComicBook/TheWasp back in June 1963.
20	* MissingTrailerScene:
21	** Scott grows in size in front of a boatful of people and announces, "[[HulkSpeak ME EAT PEOPLE!]]" to mess with them, causing the whale-watching tour guide to scream hysterically.
22	** Cassie telling Scott, "I wanna fight bad guys like you!" doesn't happen, although the other line about her dad needing a partner when on hero business is left in.
23	** The "I have wings, why would I go low?" exchange between Scott and Hope ends up cut.
24	** At no point in the movie does Scott make noises in front of a fan as shown in some of the early trailers.
25	* TheOtherDarrin:
26	** 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 -- hence why Peyton Reed cast her, as he had already started planning during ''Ant-Man'' to ask Pfeiffer to play Jan in the sequel. Lovitt is still Janet's young body double.
27	** Creator/MichaelDouglas' regular French dub actor (including in the first ''Ant-Man''), Creator/PatrickFloersheim (who also dubbed Creator/JeffBridges in ''Film/IronMan1''), passed away in 2016 and was replaced by Hervé Jolly.
28	* PromotedFanboy:
29	** As stated before, Creator/LaurenceFishburne had always wanted to be in a Marvel film. Now, he gets to play Dr. Bill Foster.
30	** Creator/MichellePfeiffer 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/AntMan1''.
31	* RealLifeRelative:
32	** A younger Bill Foster seen in a flashback is played by Langston Fishburne, Creator/LaurenceFishburne's RealLife son.
33	** Rebeca Patiño and her daughter Fernanda Robles Patiño respectively voiced Janet van Dyne and Ava Starr in the Latin American Spanish dub.
34	** Creator/GaraTakashima, Janet van Dyne's Japanese voice actress, is the wife of Thanos's voice actor Creator/BanjoGinga.
35	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: This film would be {{Music/TI}}'s final portrayal of Dave in the Ant-Man films, due to [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/t-i-not-returning-for-ant-man-3?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social accusations made]] against him and his wife of sexual assault in 2021.
36	* ThoseTwoActors:
37	** Creator/PaulRudd and Creator/MichellePfeiffer were in ''Film/ICouldNeverBeYourWoman'' playing the film's OfficialCouple.
38	** Creator/HannahJohnKamen and Creator/WaltonGoggins were in ''Film/TombRaider2018'', which premiered just a few months prior to this film.
39	** Creator/WaltonGoggins and Creator/MichaelPena reunite after their time as Shane Vendrell and Armando "Army" Renta on ''Series/TheShield.''
40	* ToylessToylineCharacter: ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' is the first MCU film since ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' to not receive its own wave of ''Marvel Legends'' figures from Creator/{{Hasbro}}, likely due to lackluster sales of merchandise from the first movie. Scott and Hope were instead included in the second ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' wave, while Ghost and Luis later got their own figures as part of a two-pack for Marvel Studios' ongoing 10 Years {{milestone celebration}}.
41	* ThrowItIn: Kurt's sudden frightened lullaby after Ghost left was actually ad-libbed, as actor David Dastmalchian revealed in [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/9or1lz/i_am_actor_david_dastmalchian_i_play_kurt_in/ his Reddit AMA session:]]
42	-->'''[=/u/IAmDavidDastmalchian=]:''' That was actually in the script when Kurt says "Like Baba Yaga.... The witch." But when we did it there was a really funny reaction from everyone and we just kept expanding the joke. When GHOST first jumps out and scares us in the interrogation scene, I just started improv'ing a little lullaby... :)
43	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
44	** Creator/CatherineZetaJones and Creator/SharonStone were considered for the part of [[ComicBook/TheWasp Janet Van Dyne]] before the casting of Creator/MichellePfeiffer. Interestingly, Zeta-Jones [[RealLifeRelative is also married to]] Creator/MichaelDouglas who portrays [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] in the film.
45	** Creator/GiancarloEsposito was considered for the role of Bill Foster before Creator/LaurenceFishburne was cast.
46	** Creator/ChrisEvans was supposed to cameo as [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] as part of a scene where Luis was retelling the tarmac fight from ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.
47	** 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''. Because of that, Reed stated he actually had to dig in his heels with the Russos and brass to keep Wasp's debut for his movie so that it would have ''something''.
48	** [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2456455/ant-man-and-the-wasp-concept-art-has-scott-langs-daughter-having-some-insect-sized-fun There were multiple pieces of concept art]] that portrayed Cassie as wearing a shrinking suit and having fun alongside her father while he was on house arrest. That never happened in the final product, likely due to a change in story direction. If it were in the movie, it would've made the subtext of Cassie eventually becoming [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] (possibly even Stinger later on) much more obvious.
49	** [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2553740/the-ant-man-and-the-wasp-scene-peyton-reed-says-he-cut-from-the-marvel-sequel An entire alternate opening]] was conceived for the film, which would've had Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne at the height of their superhero careers going to Buenos Aires to stop a traitorous Elihas Starr from trying to activate his own Quantum Tunnel. This ended up being scrapped, as Peyton Reed felt that it was "too much backstory" and bogged down the film significantly.
50	** During the mid-credits scene, the Pym-Van Dyne family had initially enacted themselves being snapped by Thanos rather than the SmashCut to their disintegrated corpses seen in the final product. According to Creator/EvangelineLilly, it was changed because nobody knew what being snapped was supposed to look like (as the scene was shot long before ''Infinity War'' came out).
51	* 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 Comicbook/NormanOsborn to be Sonny Burch's employer. This seems to be jossed as of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', where it’s shown the MCU does not have a Norman Osborn or an Oscorp.
52	* WorkingTitle: The movie was filmed under ''Cherry Blue''.
53	* WrittenByCastMember: As with the first film, Creator/PaulRudd, who plays Ant-Man, co-wrote the script.
54	* YouSoundFamiliar: In the European French dub, Creator/PaulBorne dubs Bill Foster (being the regular voice of Creator/LaurenceFishburne). He also did Nicky Fury in ''Film/IronMan1'' and dubs Thanos since 2014. Counting the ABC and Netflix series, he also voiced Harvey in ''Series/{{Jessica Jones\|2015}}'', Grill in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' and Henry "Pop" Hunter in ''Series/{{Luke Cage\|2016}}''.

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