Entertainment Weekly were lucky enough to visit the set of Ant-Man last year, and they have a very interesting feature up about their time there. For starters, they witnessed a scene which took place in Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) basement control room as he, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) come up with a plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit from Darren Cross (Corey Stoll). They caught some snippets of dialogue - "Cross has the place loaded with transmission blockers!" - and even a mention of Howard Stark, but that's as specific as things get. However, those of you worrying that major changes will be made to Lang's origin story (in which he steals the Ant-Man suit from Pym) needn't worry, as they seemingly reveal that he does indeed end up "nabbing" the Ant-Man suit when he's released from jail. Lang spends time behind bars for stealing from a CEO of a corrupt company that was itself stealing from its employees.
So, how are they going to go about filming those shrinking scenes? (we caught a glimpse of one such moment in the trailer of course) "What we’re doing is very different from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," Reed promises. "It’s going to be much more experiential." As a result, the actors won't be working with oversized props as Marvel are taking the far more advanced route of using macro photography and motion-capture technology. "There are cameras and lenses that make small areas look like the most epic landscapes," adds co-producer Brad Winderbaum. "Then we’re shooting motion capture with Paul to insert Ant-Man into those environments." Both Rudd and Stoll donned motion capture suits as a result, with the latter saing: "The director shouts out, ‘And now you’re gonna get punched on the left side of your face!’ ‘And now there’s a swarm of ants!’ It was a lot of fun." What do you guys think about these latest Ant-Man details? Sound off below!
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