Jonathan Majors Offers New Insight on "Hyper-Intelligent" Kang in ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is going to introduce the next big villain in the MCU, Kang The Conqueror. He is going to be an insanely dangerous and sinister villain, and the trailers for the movie have only offered fans a little taste of how treacherous this villain is.
Kang is played by Jonathan Majors, and in a recent interview with Total Film, the actor talks about the character and offers some additional insight on the villain including how smart he is and how it’s “Kang against the world.” Majors explains:
"I mean, he’s hyper-intelligent – it’s one of the superpowers. His brain function is just greater than even the smart guys. He’s on that level. And the gravitas is a necessity. It’s Kang against the world, isn’t it? At least that’s his point of view. There’s no frivolity. Kang himself is very economical. He understands energy, he understands time, he understands what is needed to survive. He doesn’t suffer fools. Which is interesting because not to say anything pejorative about Ant-Man, but Ant-Man is a jokester. He’s a funny guy. And now you’ve got Scott Lang going up against Kang the Conqueror, who does not joke. He does have a sense of humor. And you’ll discover that. But he does not joke."
Paul Rudd also teases Ant-Man facing off with the biggest villain in the MCU since Thanos snapped his fingers, saying:
"He’s a formidable foe – the understatement of the century. Scott’s never faced anybody like this. He’s Kang the Conqueror! Thanos is obviously the closest but, yeah, he doesn’t have any of the other [Avengers] gang with him. How do you go about stopping somebody like that? It’s not easy. Whether or not Scott is even successful people will see… but I think that hopefully the emotion, and wanting to do what he’s trying to do, makes sense to an audience. Hopefully they’ll be rooting for me."
I’m not quite sure how Ant-Man, The Wasp, and the rest of the family are going to be able to escape this villain. It’s going to be a lot of fun to watch this next Marvel story play out!
In the film, “Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.”
Directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige, p.g.a. and Stephen Broussard, p.g.a., Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania also stars David Dastmalchian as Veb, Katy O'Brian as Jentorra, William Jackson Harper as Quaz and Bill Murray as Lord Krylar.
The sci-fi adventure opens in theaters on Feb. 17, 2023.