“Ant-Man:” A Behind the Scenes Look
In theaters now Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man” starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas. To celebrate the film’s opening, here’s a special behind-the-scenes look.The Plot:
Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Did You Know?
Over the years a number of different characters have assumed the title of ‘Ant-Man,’ most of whom have been connected with the ‘Avengers.’
Ant-Man Number 1:
Biophysicist and Security Operations Center expert Dr. Henry ‘Hank’ Pym decided to become a superhero after discovering a chemical substance (Pym Particles) that would allow the user to alter his size. Armed with a helmet that could control ants, Pym would shrink down to the size of an insect to become the mystery-solving Ant-Man.
He soon shared his discovery with his girlfriend Janet van Dyne, his crime-fighting partner as the Wasp.
The duo would become founding members of the ‘Avengers,’ fighting recurring enemies such as the mad scientist ‘Egghead,’ the mutant ‘Whirlwind,’ and Pym’s own robotic creation ‘Ultron.’
While Pym is the original Ant-Man, he has adopted other aliases over the years including ‘Giant-Man‘,’Goliath,’ ‘Yellowjacket,’ and ‘Wasp’ after Janet’s presumed death in ‘Secret Invasion.’
Leaving his original persona vacant, his successors have taken up the ‘Ant-Man’ role while Pym explored these other identities.
Ant-Man Number 2:
Scott Lang was a thief who became ‘Ant-Man’ after stealing the ‘Ant-Man’ suit to save his daughter Cassandra “Cassie” Lang from a heart condition.
Reforming from his life of crime, Lang soon took on a full-time career as ‘Ant-Man’ with the encouragement of Hank Pym.
He became an affiliate of the “Fantastic Four,” and most recently became a full-time member of the Avengers. For a period of time he dated Jessica Jones.
He was later killed by the ‘Scarlet Witch‘ along with the ‘Vision‘ and ‘Hawkeye‘ in “Avengers Disassembled,” and his daughter took up his heroic mantle as ‘Stature’ in the book ‘Young Avengers‘.
He returned to life in 2011 in the mini series, “The Children’s Crusade,” but lost his daughter when she heroically sacrificed herself to stop a super charged ‘Doctor Doom,’ who would later revive her during the ‘AXIS‘ event.
Ant-Man Number 3:
Eric O’Grady is the third character to take up the ‘Ant-Man’ title. O’Grady is a low-level agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who stumbled upon the ‘Ant-Man’ suit in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters.A man of few morals and willing to lie, cheat, steal and manipulate in order to get ahead in life, Eric stole the armor for his own selfish plans, which included using his status as a “super-hero” to seduce women and humiliate and torment others.
He had his own short-lived title before being part of other teams such as joining “Avengers: The Initiative” as his first team and then joining “The Thunderbolts” but more recently “Secret Avengers,” where the character perished heroically while defending a child against the villain known as Father.
Ant-Man Number 4:
Chris McCarthy is the fourth character to use the ‘Ant-Man’ title. Created by Robert Kirkman and Phil Hester, the character first appears in “Irredeemable Ant-Man #1” (December 2006).
He was a low level agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. working in the reconnaissance department on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Chris and his friend Eric O’Grady were tasked with guarding Dr. Hank Pym’s lab by the higher ranking agent Mitch Carson.
When Pym went to leave the lab, Chris panicked while Eric attacked and knocked Pym unconscious. Inside the lab, the two found the most recent Ant-Man suit, which Chris put on and promptly activated, shrinking down.
Thinking him gone, Eric panicked again and ran off. Chris promptly got lost in the Helicarrier, stuck at the 1-Inch size.
Around this time, a group of Hydra super-humans attacked the Helicarrier, and Chris and Eric are caught up in the ensuing chaos.
Whilst trying to find a safe place to hide, Chris was killed to which Eric takes the Ant-Man suit off his own friend’s corpse.
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