For those that are still skeptical about actor Paul Rudd's casting as the Ant-Man character, director Peyton Reed goes on record to explain why the comedic talent is the best for the job.

In a recent interview that aired on Entertainment Weekly Radio, Sirius XM 105, Reed begins with speaking on where his interest for the character came from.

"This was in 1988," Reed tells EW. "I had a real affinity to the Avengers, and with Ant-Man, I always responded to the idea that when Ant-Man was in the Avengers he had an inferiority complex. He was the genius scientist, but he was fighting alongside Hulk and Thor and he clearly didn't feel like their equal. And I loved that. Kids respond to that, and I think everyone can relate to that."

Rudd will be playing Scott Lang, the master thief employed by Hank Pym to steal his secret shrinking suit.

"It was important to have a guy like Paul take you into this weird world of Ant-Man," says Reed. "Ant-Man has two powers: He can shrink and control ants - those are pretty strange powers. Audiences identify with Paul. And they identify with him particularly in this movie as their eyes and ears. If the audience thinks something is strange in the movie, it's a good bet that Rudd's character reacts in the same way. It's part of the fun."

"Both McKay and I are huge comic fans who grew up reading Marvel comics alone in our bedrooms for a good part of our childhood," added Reed. "We had things from the comic that we wanted to see in the movie. We wanted to strengthen and deepen the characters and bring some emotionality to the characters."

'Ant-Man' is currently airing in theaters now.