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Ant-Man and the Wasp star Evangeline Lilly, 43, didn’t maintain again when she spoke with Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast on Thursday. Not solely did the blonde magnificence share that she rejected Hugh Jackman‘s offer for a role in the X-Men franchise, but she also did the same when it came to Joss Whedon‘s Wonder Woman offer. “Hugh Jackman was like, ‘Hey, so, the X-Men guys are asking me if I would approach you because they know that you won’t speak to anyone,” she jokingly mentioned. “They knew I was working with you and were interested to know if it would ever interest you to do an X-Men thing.” In response, Evangeline admitted, “I was like, ‘No. It doesn’t interest me. I’m not interested.’”
Despite telling the 54-year-old actor that his profitable franchise didn’t enchantment to her, Evangeline famous how she nonetheless felt dangerous about it. “I was like, ‘I feel like such a d*** because I’m talking to an X-Men! The X-Men! And I’m telling him, ‘No that doesn’t appeal. Like, what?!’ I felt so rude!”, the 43-year-old informed Josh. Later, the Lost alum mentioned that “superhero movies” merely “don’t appeal” to her.
“It didn’t appeal and there was nothing about the meeting that like, jazzed me or made me think like, ‘Oh, I’ve gotta do this.’ Nothing clicked. Nothing felt good,” the mom-of-two mentioned. “I am way too authentic for my own good. I mean, it’s not good. If I am not impressed, you’ll know. And maybe you shouldn’t know sometimes.” Evangeline additionally revealed that she didn’t suppose she would achieve a lot from doing both undertaking. “I just always had to do what felt right for me,” she defined. “And honestly I wasn’t into superhero movies and that’s the main reason why, in both of these instances, I just kind of felt like I don’t know what I get out of this.”
Although the Canada native was not an enormous fan of superhero films prior, as soon as she watched Marvel films she modified her thoughts. “And when I did [watch Marvel movies] I was like, ‘oh they’re doing something very different and very cool’”, the starlet continued. Finally, in 2015 Evangeline landed the position of Hope Pym in Peyton Reed‘s Ant-Man alongside Paul Rudd, 53. Although she was hesitant to tackle the undertaking, when Peyton joined it turned issues round for her. “It was the next iteration of the script,” she mentioned.
“For me, everything lives and breathes and the script. Which is hard in a Marvel film because it’s changing the whole way through,” she went on. Evangeline additionally gave credit score the place it’s due and praised Marvel Studios for creating an “overarching feeling” in order that audiences know they’re “in the same universe.” By the tip, the actress mentioned she was “convinced” to affix the Marvel undertaking and it’s follow-up film, Avengers: Endgame, in 2019. The subsequent chapter within the Ant-Man franchise is Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is ready to hit theaters on Feb. 17. Evangeline and Paul will reprise their roles, with Blockers’ Kathryn Newton, 26, and Devotion star Jonathan Majors, 33, becoming a member of.
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