‘Ant-Man 3’ Writer on the Difference Between Kang and Thanos
thewrap.comNOTE: Spoilers are included.It helps to have a little shorthand with multiverse storytelling and a sci-fi comedy background.
They [“Rick and Morty” producers] just hire sharp writers. They really put you through your paces of story structure. Dan Harmon has a big Joseph Campbell background, so you really get a sense of that macro-level storytelling. What guardrails and or restrictions did you have from Marvel, in terms of this being a stand-alone sci-fi comedy adventure, the third “Ant-Man” and a season premiere of sorts for the next big MCU arc? I try not to think about it that way.
I know they are doing their secret vampire cabal planning behind the scenes. All I knew going into talking with [director] Peyton Reed was that they wanted a tonal shift from the first two movies, where they had seen enough of Ant-Man fighting on the back of an eraser.
The goal was to make it more of an epic, one set in the quantum realm. Kang the Conqueror was available, but there was no impetus to making him the next “Big Bad.” That came from the strength of Jonathan Majors’ performance [as Kang].
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