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Evangeline Lilly Rocks It As The Wasp: Exclusive AntMan and The Wasp Interview

07/02/2018 by coolmoms 17 Comments

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After our Exclusive Evangeline Lilly AntMan and The Wasp, Secret Set visit interview I was blown away.  I could definitively relate to everything Evangeline Lilly said, and so did those of you who read the interview!  During the press junket, she did it again!  She spoke about equality, more girl power and gave credit where it was due.  Intelligent, warm and on point, Evangeline Lilly Rocks It As The Wasp: Exclusive AntMan and the Wasp Interview.

I was invited by Disney to the AntMan and the Wasp Press Event that included Cloak and Dagger Interview opportunities All opinions shared are my own.

Evangeline Lilly Rocks It As The Wasp: Exclusive AntMan and The Wasp Interview

Photo credit: Louise Bishop www.momstart.com

Evangeline Lilly Rocks It As The Wasp: Exclusive AntMan and The Wasp Interview

It was a pleasure talking to such a well-rounded person.  She started off by focussing on her brain and overachieving.  High school had her dumbing it down and pretending to be the wallflower she is not. She had been scouted to model a couple of times and turned the opportunities down because she did not think that was the kind of job for her.  She didn’t want to be defined by her looks.  One day someone asked what she was afraid off: “This person said, ‘I think you’re afraid of your own greatness.’ I erupted into heaving sobs, and I couldn’t stop crying,” Lilly said. “and something had broken open in me that I didn’t even realize that I had been doing. I had to examine what that pain was. And when I did, I realized how much I had been hiding, and how much I had been trying not to shine, and I decided that I would start just letting my light shine. I wanted to just exercise my brightness… to be bold and bright. I’d never really thought about the fact that auditions can lead to jobs. That hadn’t factored in. It was just like, ‘I’m just gonna go out and just shine!’ You know?”

Finally! A Female Hero on the tittle of a Marvel Movie! Read what Evangeline Lilly, who plays The Wasp has to say about that, girl power and more!. Evangeline Lilly Rocks it as The Wasp!

The Wasp Headlines The Marvel Movie Tittle

Obvious and not underlined enough if you ask me!  I am so happy that my favorite kick but lady Black Widow now has a colleague that has paved the way for an all-female movie or at the very least a Black Widow movie.  Finally, we have a female Marvel hero in the title of a film!  Probably the amazing Victoria Alonso, Marvel Studios’ EVP of Physical Production and Avengers: Infinity War Executive Producer has something to do with propelling equality in the MCU :-).   Additionally, AntMan himself,Paul Rudd said in his exclusive interview, that The Wasp was better suited for the job at hand.antman and the wasp marvel movie poster

Evangeline Lilly says: “There have been female superheroes in the MCU the whole time, and they’re amazing, they’re strong, and kick ass But I think what this moment in our culture, with #MeToo and #TimesUp, we know we’ve made some progress, and that’s great, but we’re still not equal, and that’s clear by the fact that [Marvel has] made 20 movies, and never had a female in the title. So, this is a big moment, and it is a big deal, and I don’t want to downplay it. I want to celebrate it and be excited about it.”

Kick-Butt and Gracious

She was also quick to defend AntMan and give credit to all those who worked hard in the movie: “I didn’t lift a semi-truck. That was Mister Rudd. Me and my team of incredible stunt women, the CGI crew, the directors – it was such a collaborative effort. We did the heavy lifting. With this film, I was like, ‘Come on, guys, give AntMan a little more credit, he’s pretty bad-ass.’”

AntMan and The Wasp

Photo credit: Disney

Strong Because of Our Femininity, Not In Spite of It.

We know that those in the spotlight need to work on their looks.  Evangeline Lilly was not focussed on a rock hard body for the movie.  Instead, she was working on a job well done that spoke volumes about the power of women: 

“I actually spent way less time worrying about getting my body rock hard and developing visual muscles as I spend in front of a mirror with my stunt doubles, making sure that we didn’t just take a dude and put him in a woman’s body,” she says of her superhero body image. “I didn’t want to send the message that in order to be powerful, strong, capable, and tough, you have to be masculine, and macho, and a dude. “I wanted to show that we are strong because of our femininity, not in spite of it. I wanted to show that: when Hope was Hope, and she was emotional and vulnerable and smiling and pleasant and happy and not like, just a badass bitch. I wanted to show that when she was fighting, she was incorporating grace and elegance and femininity into the fight; it’s ballet.”

Photo credit: Louise bishop www.momstart.com

Inspiring us all equally

Because we all are heroes and have the right to dream it is wonderful when we hear things like:

“I had a moment recently where my 7-year-old son was pretending to be the Wasp. I still get goosebumps when I tell that story. It makes me – it chokes me up, because that’s a cultural shift, for a little boy to pretend to be a female superhero. This is no small thing.”

We heard this from Anthony Mackie who was proud that he had inspired white kids to be The Falcon. It is a beautiful thing!

AntMan and The Wasp For All Marvel Fans

There is much inclusion in AntMan and the Wasp.  It is not all about girl power as much as I do celebrate it.  It does touch upon real life issues, that do include father-daughter relationships.  I know by now your calendars are marked for July 6th when the movie opens in theaters everywhere.  The question is, who will you go watch it with?  Is AntMan and The Wasp appropriate for children? We got you covered plus we have more for you to enjoy before you watch the movie:

AntMan and The Wasp Secret Set visit

Paul Rudd exclusive set visit interview: AntMan fun facts

Evangeline Lilly exclusive set visit interview: women can’t do it all

Abby Ryder Forton: Getting to know AntMan’s Cassie

Director Peyton Reed exclusive set visit interview: Do AntMan and The Wasp need each other?


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  1. Tamara says

    07/02/2018 at 8:41 pm

    She is so lovely.
    And my six-year-old son thinks about being the Wasp and we haven’t even seen the movie yet! We have tickets for Thursday night and we are SO PSYCHED.

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  2. Candy O says

    07/02/2018 at 10:51 pm

    Evangeline Lilly is AMAZING as The Wasp. She’s a total badass and I’m so glad we got to meet her twice!! Still on a Wasp high 🙂

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  3. Tara says

    07/02/2018 at 11:53 pm

    I really like that Evangeline (Wasp) shared the spotlight with Paul (Antman). Too often in a push to elevate women we are stepping on men. Being that the men in my life are the ones who are the “under dogs” and have to try harder to be successful, it is a big deal to me. I would love to see a push to lift up and inspire all people to do better than they did yesterday.

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  4. Emma Riley says

    07/03/2018 at 7:12 am

    Wow! Awesome interview with the very beautiful Evangeline Lily. She deserved to be in this movie, she’s a good actress with a great sense of humor. Love it.

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  5. Echo says

    07/03/2018 at 10:53 am

    I got to screen this movie and I thought she did an amazing job! She is the perfect counterpart to Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang! Seriously, this movie was awesome!

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  6. Nina says

    07/03/2018 at 11:19 am

    I am happy to hear that there are real-life issues displayed in this movie. looks like you had an amazing time at interviewing the stars of the movies

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  7. Becca Wilson says

    07/03/2018 at 3:13 pm

    This would be such an amazing interview! I really can not wait to be able to see this movie.

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  8. Holly Hood says

    07/03/2018 at 8:16 pm

    Great interview and i really enjoyed it. I will be seeing the movie on Friday.

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  9. Rosey says

    07/03/2018 at 10:16 pm

    3 more days. I cannot wait to see it. Your interview post has made me want to see it even more.

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  10. Nina Kasper says

    07/04/2018 at 11:36 am

    This is so amazing! I can’t wait to see this movie, it looks so awesome! Great interview!

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  11. Olga Zak says

    07/05/2018 at 7:20 am

    This is very nice. Great interview and i really enjoyed it. I am happy to hear that there are real-life issues displayed in this movie. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Kayla says

    07/05/2018 at 12:48 pm

    I’m a huge marvel fan, and I think ant man is underrated compared to all the others. I can’t wait to watch this.

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  13. Kiwi says

    07/05/2018 at 6:05 pm

    I love that last shot of her pumping her fist! Amazing and so many of my blogger friends went to this press trip i cant wait to check out the movie!

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  14. Ruth I. says

    07/05/2018 at 10:35 pm

    Wow, it’s great that Antman has a new Sequel. I haven’t seen it’s trailer yet and it’s on showing today. I gotta phone my friends.

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  15. Princess Quinn says

    07/05/2018 at 10:37 pm

    So this is what my son’s been telling me about. He was like, ” Come on mom. We gotta see this one.” He is super excited.

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  16. Tereka McCollum says

    07/05/2018 at 10:38 pm

    Very interesting interview. It is such a great thing that women are now becoming more and more powerful and known in comics/movies/etc. I haven’t seen that movie yet but seems to be a good one.

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  17. Waren Jean says

    07/13/2018 at 11:43 am

    I love Evangeline Lilly! She have strong personality and she deserve to be in this movie. Awesome article!

    Reply

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