Ant-Man director Peyton Reed reveals an unseen cameo in his film: Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow. Ant-Man, which was released in 2015, introduced MCU fans to Scott Lang (Paul Rudd). The movie also featured Michael Douglas and Evangeline Lilly as father/daughter team Hope van Dyne and Hank Pym. Like most MCU movies, Ant-Man features a number of cameos, including Hayley Atwell and John Slattery as Peggy Carter and Iron Man’s father, Howard Stark. Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan also appear in a post-credits scene as Captain America and the Winter Soldier.
The first film was successful enough to warrant a sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, which came out in 2018. It was notable for including Lilly’s character in the title, making it the first MCU movie to do so with a female character. Captain Marvel followed suit last year, making Carol Danvers the first female character to receive a solo film. Ant-Man and the Wasp also introduced Hope’s mother, Janet van Dyne, played by Michelle Pfeiffer. A third Ant-Man movie is already in the works, though it doesn’t yet have a release date.
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One of the first movie’s funniest scenes involves Sam Wilson/Falcon, who fights Ant-Man when he tries to break into the Avengers facility. After Scott beats him by disabling his pack, Falcon talks to someone through his comms, saying “It’s really important to me that Cap never finds out about this.” Now, Reed shares who Falcon was speaking to, and the answer may surprise some fans:
Black Widow will next appear in her long-awaited solo film. As Natasha is dead in the current MCU timeline, the movie will take place between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. It will explore her past and relationship with fellow Black Widows Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz) and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh). David Harbour also stars, as Red Guardian. Black Widow was supposed to release this spring, close to a year after Avengers: Endgame came out. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus, the movie has been delayed to November, taking over a spot previously reserved for The Eternals.
The reveal about Black Widow’s off-screen cameo adds some fun to an already entertaining Ant-Man scene. Given Captain America and Black Widow’s close relationship, it seems likely she probably did tell him about what happened, with the two having a laugh at Sam’s expense. Though Johansson was never meant to appear onscreen in Ant-Man, it nice to known Reed was thinking of her when creating the scene.
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- Black Widow (2020)Release date: Nov 06, 2020
- Eternals (2021)Release date: Feb 12, 2021
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)Release date: May 07, 2021
- Spider-Man: Homecoming 3 (2021)Release date: Nov 05, 2021
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)Release date: Feb 11, 2022
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Release date: Mar 25, 2022
- Black Panther 2 (2022)Release date: May 06, 2022
- Captain Marvel 2 (2022)Release date: Jul 08, 2022
