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Did the filmmaker kick in Marvel supremoKevin Feige’s door when he made this announcement?
“I did,” he deadpans.

Kathryn Newton and Paul Rudd in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’.Jay Maidment/Marvel
“Imetaphoricallykicked in Kevin Feige’s door.”
She has become a scientific mind in her own right.
“But we obviously left a lot of unanswered questions.

Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’.Jay Maidment/Marvel Studios
The film’s villain is Kang the Conqueror, one of the most infamous baddies in the Marvel universe.
“Loki, obviously.
Doctor Doom from the Fantastic Four.

Paul Rudd in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’.Marvel Studios
And Kang the Conqueror.
In the comics, Kang has dominion over time, he’s a time traveler.
“And they were like, he’s asupervillain, and I went,Hmm, I’m intothat.
But why was I into that?
Because [of] classical texts.
There’s very little he won’t do.”
The film’s cast also includesBill Murrayin an as-yet-unnamed role.
“Bill Murray plays a character from Janet van Dyne’s past,” says Reed.
“It’s a crucial role.
Bill’s character represents that in this movie.”
“I’m sure there’s some correlation because there’s a Kang in that one.”
They can’t get rid of you now!
“I don’t think so, but you’d be surprised,” says the actor.
“They can do whatever the f— they want to do, really.
I’d liketo stick around a little longer.”
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumaniahits theaters Feb. 17.
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