ANT-MAN Set Visit Reveals Details About Hank Pym Including His Past as a SHIELD Agent



ANT-MAN set visits happened with a select few websites last October. The Daily SuperHero wasn't one of them who was invited (at least not yet) but SlashFilm was, and detailed many cool things from their on location tour.

One of the things revealed were details about Michael Douglas' character Hank Pym and his involvement with the Marvel Cinematic Universe's past and present. Cue the flashback montage!

Pym has been confirmed, by studio head Kevin Feige, to be a spy for S.H.I.E.L.D. back in the 1960s.

"Feige explains that Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man played by Michael Douglas, was a spy for S.H.I.E.L.D from the 1960s through the Cold War. And there will be a flashback about it at the beginning of the film."

Pym doesn't like super heroes.

"Maybe it’s because he was one, maybe he’s cocky, but Hank Pym does not like superheroes in Ant-Man. That disdain is one of the biggest connections in the film to The Avengers. At least, that we were allowed to know about while on set. 'Iron Man is silly compared to what’s going on in the real world,' says Douglas about Pym’s attitude."

Pym has retired from being a hero.

"When Ant-Man starts, Hank Pym has already been Ant-Man. We don’t see his origin story and invention, however. The story picks up years later when he’s stopped being the hero, the company has passed to his former protégé Cross and his daughter Hope, and he’s given the suit to Scott Lang for some specific reasons."

Pym Technologies is actually located in the Bay Area on Treasure Island and Atlanta stood in for the location. It was also reported that the movie will open with a flashback sequence which has a cleanly shaven Douglas playing a decades younger version of himself.


ANT-MAN releases on July 17, 2015.