Ant-Man 3’s Evangeline Lilly Gives Her Opinion on Loki & WandaVision

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In a recent interview, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania star Evangeline Lilly discussed Marvel's Disney+ series, praising shows such as Loki and WandaVision. Lilly has portrayed the superhero Wasp across three films, including 2019's Avengers: Endgame, as well as reprising her role for Marvel's What If...? animated series. She is set to return alongside Paul Rudd's Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in 2023.

Lilly first joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2015's Ant-Man as Hope Van Dyne, daughter of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), who recruits Lang alongside Hank to stop her father's technology from falling into the wrong hands. She returned in 2017's Ant-Man and the Wasp to rescue her mother from the Quantum Realm before joining the fight against Thanos in Avengers: Endgame after being caught in the Blip. Lilly will return in the third Ant-Man film, having previously welcomed MCU newcomer Kathryn Newton to the franchise, who will star alongside Lilly as Cassie Lang, Scott Lang's daughter.

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When talking to Collider about her role in the indie crime thriller South of Heaven, Lilly was asked whether she had been keeping up with other MCU releases on Disney+. Lilly replied that she keeps up to date both to understand the state of the universe and as a fan. Lily then praised both WandaVision and Loki, praising the former for its representation of a female character and the latter for its exploration of enormous topics such as Chaos Theory. Read Lilly's full response below:

"I have not seen all of it, and I do try. I see it as almost like homework. I need to know what's going on in the world. I need to understand when there's references made in scripts, I need to know what's going on. I'm also a fan of Marvel, as in I'm a fan of the filmmakers that are creating this incredible universe. I think they are the best superhero moviemakers I've ever witnessed... I think WandaVision was phenomenal, and I think it was probably the best they've ever represented a female character. It was so incredible to see her be so complicated and so flawed and yet so redeemable and so lovable, the way we have typically historically treated our male characters. I think it was an epic female protagonist story. I loved, loved the ending of the Loki TV show. They didn't fully have me till the end. I was like, "Okay. Okay, sure. Yeah. Okay. Good." But I wasn't like, "Oh my God, this an amazing show," until they got to the end. And I was like, "It's chaos theory. I love it. I love it. I love it."

Lilly's mentioning WandaVision and Loki specifically after stating she keeps up to date with the universe is interesting, as both series established elements for the MCU's future. Jonathan Majors will join Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as villain Kang the Conqueror, who was first introduced in Loki as a variant of He Who Remains. Before that, WandaVisision laid the groundwork for Wanda's involvement with the multiverse, a concept first teased in the Ant-Man films through the Quantum Realm.

Hearing Lilly discussing how she views the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a fan is interesting, but it also makes sense that she keeps up to date with events in other projects in case they impact stories she may be involved in. Like Loki and WandaVision, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will introduce key aspects for future MCU storylines. Not only will Quantumania introduce Kang fully to the MCU, but will introduce another member of the Young Avengers through Cassie, who later became the hero Stature on the team in the comics. This follows WandaVision and Loki; the former introduced Wanda's twin children Billy and Tommy, who would become the heroes Wiccan and Speed. The latter introduced a younger variant of the titular anti-hero, all of which are featured on the Young Avengers team in the comics. With each series and the third Ant-Man film laying the groundwork for the MCU's future, it is exciting to see what other future projects will share similar elements.

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