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Portraying possibly the smallest
superhero in the galaxy, Ant-Man,
Paul Rudd intends to demonstrate that size
doesn’t matter.
“If you’re Ant-Man, some people might think
that it lacks the innate sexiness of something
like Iron Man,” laughs Rudd when STACK
caught up with up with him in Las Vegas
recently, where his new role has already led to
him being honoured as Male Star of the Year at
CinemaCon.
“So I think we understand and have some
fun with that and don’t take it too seriously. And
I know you hear, ‘How can Ant-Man be cool?’ or
‘What would be cool about that?’, so one of the
things I’m most excited about is that audiences
will finally see that Ant-Man is really cool,”
adds Rudd, 46, who stars as former felon
Scott Lang, whose special suit enables
him to shrink to microscopic size while his
helmet allows him to communicate with
his namesake creatures.
In a 20-year career spanning
drama, action and comedy – and
now superhero-dom – Rudd brings both humour
and pathos to the little insect guy, who'll also
be tasked with holding his own in the lofty
company of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America
and The Hulk in the already-in-the-works
Captain America: Civil War.
“It’s surreal. Those things happen every once
in a while and you just kind of stop and reflect.
Sometimes life is magical and that’s how I feel
right now. I’m just thrilled I’ll be getting to put
the suit on again.”
Not to boast, he already reckons he has
the best suit of all. “It's impossible not to put
on that kind of suit and not feel a little heroic;
'little' being the operative word here! But it
looks really cool. From the first time I tried it on,
I just really enjoyed it,” says the actor, whose
Ant-Man co-stars include Michael Douglas’s
ant-suit inventor and Evangeline Lilly as his
fearless daughter. Gill Pringle
Ant-Man is in cinemas from July
16. For more on what's on at the
movies this month, go to page 19.
Woo hoo! The
annual San Diego
Comic-Con International
is the biggest pop
culture event on the
planet, generating more
interest than a payday
loan. It's where all the
major announcements
are made regarding the
upcoming films and TV
series on everybody's
radar, and this year,
STACK will be at ground
zero from July 9–12,
attending as many of
the panels and press
conferences as is
humanly possible to
bring you all the big
news as it breaks. And
getting mighty familiar
with the layout of the
San Diego Convention
Centre venue. We'll
also be catching up
with the lucky winners
of 20th Century Fox's
Comic-Con competition
– if you bought one of
the specially stickered
Fox TV titles on DVD
from JB in April or May,
it could be you! From
The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay – Part 2
and the Star Wars: The
Force Awakens panel,
to hotly anticipated new
series like The Expanse,
Minority Report and
Ash vs. Evil Dead , as
well as new seasons
of Vikings, Doctor
Who and Supernatural,
STACK will be flat out
like a lizard drinking.
Follow all the breaking
news, updates and
cosplayer madness
on Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram and at stack.
Phew, we're
exhausted already!
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I n the opening scene of Mad Max: Fury Road, we're
introduced to our hero Max Rocatansky (Tom Hardy) as
he helps himself to a mutant lizard for a bit of late arvo
snack. That's about the only breather you get as the fuel-injected
action kicks in, for a post-apocalyptic wild ride like no other. But
amidst the unparalleled spectacle, there are some unanswered
questions – like who is the kid in the flashbacks that are
haunting Max?
For fans clamouring for some backstory on Max and fellow
protagonist Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), filmmaker
and creator George Miller has worked on a series of prequel
comics expanding on their history and the dangerous world they
inhabit. Mad Max: Fury Road - Furiosa #1 is available now from
DC Comics, while Mad Max: Fury Road - Mad Max #2 will be
out in August, revealing the origin of the visions and flashbacks
plaguing Max throughout the course of Fury Road . From the
comic previews, we can confirm that it's a young girl called
Glory, whom Max encountered while trying to reclaim his stolen
V8 interceptor.
For those new to the legend of Mad Max, our beleaguered
hero also lost a son of his own, in similarly dramatic
circumstances, in the original 1979 film. It's no wonder the loss
of another young child became too much for Mr. Rockatansky
to bear.
Get ready to buckle up once again for another wild ride on
September 9, when Mad Max: Fury Road speeds onto Blu-ray
and DVD.
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max:
Fury Road comic
SIZE DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT DROVE MAX MAD?