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'Ant-Man' News: Director Explains Post-Credits Scenes
'Ant-Man' has finally appeared in theaters and while the movie has been described as joy to watch, many fans were exceptionally impressed with the two end credits scenes.
The first scene featured scientist Hank Pym presenting the Wasp Suit to his daughter, hinting at things to come in subsequent films, and the second one saw a small cameo from Captain America and the Falcon.
In an interview with EW, director Petyon Reed goes in to some depth about the post credits scenes. In regards to the first, Reed explained:
"I only directed the first one, which is the scene between Hank and Hope, where he finally shows her the Wasp suit. That was always a part of the movie. It really is the completion of Hope's arc in the Ant-Man movie. It was important to me and the movie to have Hope's arc be every bit as important as Scott Lang's arc in the movie. It's really her story as well. From the beginning, she's got some real issues with ther father that need to be dealt with. It's the completion of her dealing with that and becoming a hero. That was something that we shot in principal photograqphy that always was a core part of the Ant-Man movie. Wasp is such an important character in the whole mythology of Ant-Man, whether it's the original Janet van Dyne or the Hope version of Wasp."
In speaking on the importance of the second scene, Reed states:
"We always planned to have a second tag at the end of the credits roll. We actually cut some tags-most of them were comedic tags. I think we cut some things with Michael Peña's Luis character and Rudd's Scott Lang. They were mostly going to be these non sequitur comedic tags. But once we had our movie cut, and the whole subplot with the Falcon and Ant-Man crossing paths, the dailies from Captain America: Civil War started to come in, which is of course directed by the Russo brothers. And I was badgering Kevin (Feige, Marvel Studios president). I said "I want to see some of the dailies with Paul as Ant-Man. I was actually jealous that Ant-Man was even going to appear in another movie. [Laughs] So, I was dying to see it and I did see that footage and it's incredible. And then, separate of that, when the dailies came in for the scene which is now the second tag, there was a moment that seemed to really complete the arc in our movie. We know, at the end of the movie, that Falcon is looking for Ant-Man, so now it really made sense to tease Civil War and to tease Ant-Man's part in Civil War by having that scene with Captain America and Falcon."