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Why Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania brought in Kathryn Newton as the older Cassie Lang

Why Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania brought in Kathryn Newton as the older Cassie Lang

In the audio commentary included with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” for its home media release (via The Direct), Peyton Reed noted that Cassie was 18 in the film (making her roughly two years old). more than Emma iteration of Fuhrmann). Calling Kathryn Newton “an actress I’ve admired for a long time,” Reed explained that her main concern was finding someone for the role “who could really hang out with Paul Rudd and kind of not get left in the dust.” . He added:

“She has to be strong, fast and funny. And also, [Newton] is an athlete. She is a world class golfer. She has the physique for the role.”

In her defense, you don’t get the sense that Reed is deliberately trying to offend Fuhrmann or suggest she isn’t capable of being those things. He just seems excited to work with Newton, an actress who’s already shown her acting skills in movies like “Blockers” and especially Christopher Landon’s big horror comedy “Freaky.” Newton’s turns as moody teenage girls in the TV series “Halt and Catch Fire” and “Big Little Lies” had also shown that she was ready to capture the more serious side of the teenage experience – this desire to pursue your ambitions while carving out your adult identity separate from that of your parents.

Speaking on the audio commentary with Reed, “Quantumania” writer Jeff Loveness suggested that was another factor that went into casting Newton for the film:

“And just someone who can look like Scott Lang’s daughter. You know, what does she take from him? What is she against? She has Scott’s heart. She has also a bit of that sense of humor, a bit of that messy quality.”

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