Captain America: Civil War: The Wasp was almost included in the Marvel film
The character made it into one of the drafts
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Your support makes all the difference.While we’re all very excited for Suicide Squad following its second trailer debuting at the MTV Music Awards, there’s actually another superhero film coming out very soon: Captain America: Civil War.
First responses to the film have been overtly positive, with many praising the inclusion of both Black Panther and Spider-Man.
However, the already packed blockbuster was at one stage set to have one more superhero: The Wasp. Speaking to Haleigh Foutch (via Collider), screenwriters Christopher Markus and Marcus McFeely revealed all.
“You know, almost everybody made it in,” Markus said. “There was a period where we talked about bringing Wasp in.
“There was actually a draft Wasp was in because she was so almost on the edge of being in Ant-Man, but then you’re taking something awesome out of the Ant-Man team’s quiver if it’s like, ‘Well, we’re doing her!’ Plus she had a similar skill set, so it’s like ‘Well, maybe we just isolate it to Scott.’
McFeely added: “When you see the movie, you see that Scott is his own comic relief so it would change that a little bit. They would be this pair. Everybody else we would talk about them and then they’d go away, but we got most everybody back.”
Evangeline Lilly played the original Wasp's daughter in the Peyton Reed's Ant-Man, with a post-credit sequence hinting at her taking over as the Wasp in the future. Fans won't have to wait too long to see her in action as Ant-Man and the Wasp is heading to cinemas in 2018.
Meanwhile, a clip from Civil War showing Cap’s team hunting down Crossbones debuted at the MTV Movie Awards. Watch it here.
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