Michael Douglas wanted Marvel to kill off his character

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• Michael Douglas has revealed that he wanted Marvel to kill off his character after the second Ant-Man film, but the studio refused to let him leave the franchise.
• The Oscar-winning actor, who plays scientist Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), recently discussed his experience with the superhero franchise.
• During an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Douglas was asked whether he had wanted to leave the Marvel franchise.

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Michael Douglas has revealed that he wanted Marvel to kill off his character after the second Ant-Man film, but the studio refused to let him leave the franchise.

The Oscar-winning actor, who plays scientist Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), recently discussed his experience with the superhero franchise. Douglas explained that he had hoped his character would be written out of the story earlier, but Marvel had other plans for him.

During an appearance on Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Douglas was asked whether he had wanted to leave the Marvel franchise. The actor confirmed that he had considered an exit and even hoped his character would die in one of the earlier films.

“I would have been killed off after the second one, but they wouldn’t let me,” Douglas said.

His comments have offered a fresh insight into his experience working on the popular superhero movies. Although the films brought him into one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, Douglas admitted that the experience was not quite what he had expected when he first agreed to join the cast.