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‘Ant-Man’ Star Kathryn Newton Reveals Brie Larson’s Advice About Playing a ‘Giant’ Superhero

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Todd Gilchrist editor Though she’s 26, Kathryn Newton has been playing a teenager for a long time — perhaps because she does it so well: with early roles in “Bad Teacher” and “Paranormal Activity 4,” she proved she can bring depth and dimension to whatever her character is struggling with, be it a dyspeptic teacher or an otherworldly entity.

But after doing comedy (“Blockers”), drama (HBO’s “Big Little Lies”) and sci-fi-tinged mystery, growing up on screen takes on new meaning in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” where — spoiler alert — she gets to participate in the series’ size-changing action as Cassie Lang, the daughter of Scott Lang’s (Paul Rudd) Ant-Man.

Newton had previously auditioned for another role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and though she didn’t divulge which one, she tells Variety how that experience paved the way for her to play a character who could become part of the next generation of MCU superheroes. You auditioned for a Marvel role before you got this one.

How might that have prepared you for taking on Cassie in “Quantumania?” I’m really lucky that I’ve been doing this a really long time and I got to work with Sarah Finn, the casting director, on other projects.

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