Evangeline Lilly Teases The Marvel Universe After 'Avengers 4'
Evangeline Lilly, who plays Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stresses the game changing nature of the next two Avengers films.
by Traise Rawlings on November 28, 2017
Avengers: Infinity War is still months away, but that's not stopping cast and crew from previewing life after that film and its subsequent installment, the as-of-yet untitled Avengers 4. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Evangeline Lilly, who plays Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stresses the game-changing nature of the next two Avengers films, even comparing them to the fourth season of the hit TV show Lost:
"When I heard about Infinity War and the direction that they're heading, I did have this moment of realizing, oh, wow, there's a bit of a déjà vu for me with the Lost franchise. We are hitting that [Lost] Season 4 space where everything's about to shift, and you're about to lose the solid ground underneath you. And [Ant-Man and the Wasp], of course, will play a part in that."
Evangeline Lilly went on to detail just how different the next phase will be, hinting at possible character losses and a tone more in line with Marvel's recent output than its earlier offerings:
"Frankly, if it wasn't Kevin at the helm, I think I would be very, very nervous to be losing these pillars and the people who paved a way for characters like the Wasp. When he walked me through the general story arc of Infinity War, it dawned on me: oh, I understand now, we're moving into this new Phase. The color of that new Phase can be clearly seen emerging through Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Thor: Ragnarok. It's just a more colorful, more playful, heightened reality that we're going to enter."
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Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Holland, Sebastian Stan, Chadwick Boseman, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Benedict Wong, Tom Hiddleston, Tessa Thompson, Benicio Del Toro, Danai Gurira and Josh Brolin.
Avengers: Infinity War will be released in theaters on May 4, 2018, and will be followed one year later by Avengers 4 on May 3, 2019.
Source: Vanity Fair
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