“There has to be some fantastic way to blow up my character!”  : This Marvel star wanted to leave the MCU in spectacular fashion

“There has to be some fantastic way to blow up my character!” : This Marvel star wanted to leave the MCU in spectacular fashion

Michael Douglas made a notable foray into the Marvel superhero landscape by playing the character of Dr. Hank Pym in three installments of the Ant-Man saga, and then Avengers: Endgame. A character especially appreciated by fans, but one that the American actor wanted to see… die!

to the microphone Entertainment Weekly’s The View Promoting his historical series Franklin, available on Apple TV+, Michael Douglas reveals that he asked Marvel Studios if his character could make a spectacular exit at the end of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. We know this for sure today: the studio politely refused, Hank Pym has a happy ending in the company of other heroes.

“I asked my character to have a serious death with a lot of special effects”The 79-year-old American actor says. “There’s got to be some fantastic way for my character to shrink and then explode, whatever it is. I wish they’d use all these special effects to kill my character. But that’s probably never going to happen, because I don’t think I’m going to. Come back for the fourth movie. “

Michael Douglas is Benjamin Franklin

Released in 2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum ManiaStarring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, it grossed $476 million worldwide. In France, the film attracted more than 1.6 million viewers.

Michael Douglas He is playing in a historical series Franklin, in which he attributes his traits to Benjamin Franklin. French actors Ludivine Sagnier and Thibaut de Montalembert also appear in the cast of the Apple TV+ show, which was filmed in Versailles and Saint-Malo.

Franklin trailer:

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