Ant-Man: Who Is Cassie Lang?

Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which arrives in theater Feb. 17, will introduce viewers to a number of characters for the primary time, together with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) and M.O.D.O.Ok. (Corey Stoll). However the film can be set to reintroduce a brand new character from the Ant-Man collection, Cassie Lang, performed by Kathryn Newton. On this unique featurette concerning the new movie, Newton and the remainder of the solid lay out Cassie’s journey and the way she ended up on the heart of the brand new movie. Watch the clip above!

“Cassie Lang needs to vary the world,” Newton says within the featurette. “She likes the chaos, she needs to be combating, and she or he needs to be in the midst of it. She’s being influenced by these superheroes round her.” The 2 greatest influences on the teenager? Her dad Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), aka Ant-Man, and his girlfriend Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), aka Wasp.

Within the new film, Cassie has her personal shrinking swimsuit similar to they do, and she or he’s led creation of know-how that contacts the Quantum Realm. When she, her dad, Hope, Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) get sucked contained in the realm, issues shortly get uncontrolled.

“She simply needs to be a superhero like her dad,” Newton displays within the clip. “She simply needs to impress him.” And Scott needs to impress his daughter, too. In 2015’s “Ant-Man,” which launched the characters, Cassie (performed then by Abby Ryder Fortson), is just a bit lady. Her mother Maggie (Judy Greer) needs to guard her from Scott, who’s a petty thief newly out of jail. Cassie additionally seems in 2018’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” as a bit lady and tells her dad that she needs to be a superhero with him. However on the finish of the film, Scott is caught within the Quantum Realm, and he would not get out till 5 years later, as proven in “Avengers: Endgame” (2019). By then, it is 2023, and Scott has missed a lot time along with his daughter.

Within the new movie, their relationship takes heart stage, and the place that can lead is anybody’s guess. Within the comics, Cassie does change into a hero, and she or he’s used two totally different names: Stature and Stinger. As Stature, she’s a member of the Younger Avengers, whereas as Stinger she’s a hero duo along with her dad. We’ll have to attend to see which path she’ll absorb “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.”

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” hits theaters on Feb. 17.