It is pretty common knowledge that Marvel’s “Ant-Man” had a troubled production. The script languished in development purgatory for years and then director Edgar Wright dropped out just before filming began. Peyton Reed stepped in to direct, but he also put on his screenwriter hat. With the help of Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, Reed retooled the script. One of those changes was a bolstered character arc for Hope van Dyne. But Reed didn’t just add new story elements; he also had to remove some. Warning: Minor “Ant-man” Spoilers Beyond This Point. The original opening sequence was one of them. In an interview with CinemaBlend, Reed went into detail about the ‘lost’ scene: It was a standalone sequence, where you really did not see it was Hank Pym. He was retrieving some microfilm from, originally Cuban general and then [due to timeline continuity] a Panamanian general… It was designed in early drafts...
- 7/22/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
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