Ant-Man Director Edgar Wright Weighs In On Man Of Steel Controversy

Ant-Man director Edgar Wright recently participated in a question and answer session with Total [...]

By Scott Johnson

Ant-Man Director on Man Of Steel

Ant-Man director Edgar Wright recently participated in a question and answer session with Total Film, where all the questions were submitted by Reddit users. Check out the entire video below, where Edgar Wright answers questions about The World's End, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Ant-Man, and more. Edgar Wright's first question about Ant-Man actually lead into the director sharing his thoughts on the Man Of Steel controversy. Edgar Wright was asked, "Ant-Man is not as well known as many of the other Marvel characters who have been in films recently, how will this effect your portrayal of the character and the film as a whole? Edgar Wright replied, "I think that's a good thing because I think the character has a great kind of high concept power, and I think the fact that it's lesser known means that we're actually freer to kind of adapt the material, which I think is a good thing. Because I think sort of, you know, Man Of Steel has proved that people sort of like for a character that decades old, some people have a very strong opinion of what he should and shouldn't do. And personally I find that really difficult to actually try and make a movie with, people sort of being so kind of impassioned about what the character is. " Edgar Wright continued, "The whole idea is you're doing an adaptation. I mean Chris Nolan's Batman is very different to Tim Burton's Batman, which is very different to Adam West Batman. And there's room for all three. The character can support that in the same way that six James Bonds are all different. So I think the nice thing about that title and that character is that there is a bit more license to kind of do something different with it." When asked if Hank Pym (Ant-Man) would take the Reed Richards role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Edgar Wright said, "No comment. Not really entering into the ask me anything spirit." Ant-Man is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on November 6, 2015.

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