Bobby Cannavale Reveals His Role In Marvel’s Ant-Man

Several weeks ago, Blue Jasmine and Boardwalk Empire actor Bobby Cannavale revealed that he would be playing someone new in Marvel’s Ant-Man, and would only say that he shared a lot of scenes with Judy Greer and his real-life buddy Paul Rudd. But now we have some more details about his role.   

“Judy Greer is in it and she plays my wife,” Cannavale divulged in an Esquire interview. Greer is playing Scott Lang’s (Rudd) ex-wife. That should lead to some awkward dialogue between Cannavale and Rudd, who have “a lot of scenes together.”

The character was included in the original Ant-Man script that was written by Edgar Wright, but when he left the project Rudd and Adam McKay did some major rewrites. “They sort of pumped the part up a bit in the new version and they both called me and said, ‘You’ve got to do this.’,” Cannavale recalled.

And does Cannavle feel any pressure now that he is apart of the Marvel cinematic universe? “You know, look, I’m not playing the guy in the suit,” Cannavale said. “So I don’t have that kind of pressure. But if you know Paul, you know he’s a pretty down-to-earth guy. I have to say, the whole thing, for as big as it was, felt like an indie film. With the exception of all the blue screen and the ridiculous suit that he’s in. And the fact that I’ve got to look at something that’s not there and react to something like an explosion when there’s no explosion. Aside from that, the actual scenes themselves were really fun and funny and we improvised a lot. It almost felt like an Adam McKay film. Since Guardians of the Galaxy, I think Marvel’s sort of taken a different approach to their films and have injected them with a lot of levity. It’s a great choice to have Paul play that role, sort of in the same vein as having Chris Pratt do Guardians. It still has the totemic idea of the hero, but the sense of humor is what’s different in comparison to something like Thor.”

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Marvel’s Ant-Man hits theaters July 17, 2015.