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Paul Rudd Admits Playing 'Ant-Man' Wasn’t an Easy Decision · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Nowadays, Marvel movies could
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Speaker 1: only really be compared to Star Wars movies and the
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Speaker 1: occasional Avatar. As far as box office performance goes, several
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Speaker 1: Marvel releases stand among the top ten most profitable films
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Speaker 1: of all time. But Paul Rudd, who plays ant Man
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Speaker 1: inside Its Universe, just told Men's Health when he was
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Speaker 1: first approached about the role was a very different time
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Speaker 1: and not as obvious as the choice as you might think,
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Speaker 1: saying Marvel was pretty new. They weren't even part of Disney.
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Speaker 1: It would have been like somebody saying, how would you
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Speaker 1: feel about doing Dancing with the Stars. A superhero franchise
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Speaker 1: was never on my radar, and I never really thought
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Speaker 1: I was the type of actor they would offer any
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Speaker 1: of those parts too. But when it came around, I
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Speaker 1: was excited about doing something so out of left field.
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Speaker 1: I knew when it was announced I was to be
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Speaker 1: a superhero, people would say, what ant Man and the Wasp.
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Speaker 1: Quantum Mania is out February seventeen. That's direct from Hollywood.