Jennifer Coolidge’s name was considered for an Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania part
White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge met with Marvel about a role in their latest comic book blockbuster
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[Light spoilers follow for Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania.]
Jennifer Coolidge has had a busy past couple of years, starring in two seasons of The White Lotus and appearing in projects including The Watcher, Shotgun Wedding, and the new Netflix movie We Have A Ghost. However, in an alternate universe, she could have also added Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania to her résumé.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Jeff Loveness shares that the American Pie actor met with Marvel to discuss playing Linda, a woman that Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) briefly dated at some point during the 30-year span in which he believed his wife Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) to be dead.
“But Linda never made it, and Jennifer Coolidge, I don’t think she ever got a call,” the Rick And Morty writer says. “We’ll save her for next time. I’m sure she’ll wind up in the MCU, sometime. She can be Doctor Doom.”
Could this be a hint as to the new direction the Fantastic Four will be headed in when they arrive in the MCU? Probably not, but hey, it’s probably true that the Legally Blonde actor will end up being involved with the franchise at the rate it’s growing.
As for what else got cut from Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Loveness shares that he filmed a cameo in which he played a henchman who was killed off by M.O.D.O.K. (Corey Stoll). Additionally, he confirmed that a significant scene featuring Hope (Evangeline Lilly)’s experience of the quantum realm was axed.
“Scripts are always bigger than the cut that the audience sees, and while that was a storyline that I really liked with Hope and Evangeline [Lilly], I certainly understand why we had to streamline the movie,” Loveness says. “I really love the movie that’s out in theaters, but there was a bit more.”
Of course, Loveness should know better than most of us that in the infinite multiverse, there’s a three-hour cut of Quantumania out there somewhere. The possibilities are endless!
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They were only going to use her name?
I’m sorry…her name was being considered for the film? As in, they wanted to name a character “Jennifer Coolidge” but needed her permission first? Is that what you’re saying?
Jennifer Coolidge is too smart to be caught by basic fae trickery.
It’s in the second paragraph. She was being considered to play Linda, the woman Hank and Janet talk about after they have the meal with Janet’s quantum-zone sidepiece. “What was she like?” “She wasn’t you.”
I’m aware. It’s just a bizarre headline.
I haven’t read my notifications in a long time and, upon reading back, I can clearly see what you were saying and I have no idea why I explained this to you. Thanks for being a good sport.
I did really like this exchange between Janet and Hank. Just telling each other about their flings without any big drama and grossing out Hope in the process.
considering they seem to be throwing contracts at literally anyone who’s attached to anything vaguely successful lately it makes sense.
This morning I totlly posted on here that I had a dream last night that Coolidge was casted as The Beyonder in Secret Wars. Think Maya Rudolph in The Good Place. I was on to something damnit.
From the headline, I assumed she was the backup choice in case Bill Murray didn’t show up. I’m a little disappointed that I was wrong. She would have killed it in that part