Where is Luis in Ant-Man Quantuamnia? #shorts #mcu
52,458Here's Why Ant-Man 3: Quantumania Abandoned Michael Peña’s Luis!
Michael Peña's Luis' absence in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is being explained by MCU director Peyton Reed.
Ant-Man 3 is filled with new and returning characters, but it significantly didn't include some franchise mainstays, such as Scott Lang's trio of best friends.
Although David Dastmalchian returned in the threequel, the actor didn't reprise his role as Kurt. Instead, he portrayed an entirely new character, Veb.
Meanwhile, actor T.I. also didn't return as Dave in Ant-Man 3, which comes in the wake of a slew of accusations of sexual abuse against the rapper and actor.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania director Peyton Reed revealed that there were no versions of the movie with Michael Peña's Luis in it.
Reed explained that the team had to "make decisions early on" about which stories they could tell and couldn't tell alongside the responsibility of balancing new and old characters:
"There were no versions of this movie [with Luis]. There are a lot of characters in the movie. We obviously have our Lang, van Dyne and Pym family, but then we also introduced Kang, MODOK and all of our Freedom Fighter characters. So we had to make decisions early on about what stories we could tell and what stories we couldn’t tell."
The Marvel director then reaffirmed his love for characters such as Luis, but "it just didn't make sense" to include them in Ant-Man 3:
"I love those characters. They were really, really fun and part of the Lang family, but as we got further and further into [development] and knew we wanted to bring the family into the Quantum Realm pretty early in the movie."
While it's unfortunate that Michael Peña's Luis didn't appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Peyton Reed's explanation still sheds some light on the character's absence.
Seeing the character in a minor role would feel different for MCU diehards, but it would've been a welcome sight to see Luis briefly since he is already a full-fledged member of Team Ant-Man in the first two movies.
Other factors that would've prevented Peña to return in Ant-Man 3 could've been his busy schedule. In 2022, the actor was featured in two major movies: Moonfall and Secret Headquarters.
If Ant-Man 4 ever happens, there's still a chance that Peña could return as Luis, potentially joining Scott and Hope in a return trip to the Quantum Realm.
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