

But you never know, especially with all the stuff that happened in Endgame. I think they’re a year away from filming, I think it would be great if I could do a third one. In a past interview with Coming Soon before Ant-Man 3's premiere, Peña admitted that he had "no idea" if fans could expect to see him return as Luis in the movie:įor the last one, I didn’t really know what capacity I was going to come back in or if I was going to come back. They were really, really fun and part of the Lang family, but as we got further and further into and knew we wanted to bring the family into the Quantum Realm pretty early in the movie, it just didn’t make sense.

The Marvel director then reaffirmed his love for characters such as Luis, but "it just didn't make sense" to include them in Ant-Man 3: So we had to make decisions early on about what stories we could tell and what stories we couldn’t tell." We obviously have our Lang, van Dyne and Pym family, but then we also introduced Kang, MODOK and all of our Freedom Fighter characters.

There are a lot of characters in the movie. Reed explained that the team had to "make decisions early on" about which stories they could tell and couldn't tell alongside the responsibility of balancing new and old characters:
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Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania director Peyton Reed revealed that there were no versions of the movie with Michael Peña's Luis in it. Why Luis Didn't Return In Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Marvel Studios also didn't return as Dave in Ant-Man 3, which comes in the wake of a slew of accusations of sexual abuse against the rapper and actor. Instead, he portrayed an entirely new character, Veb. Michael Peña's Luis' absence in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is being explained by MCU director Peyton Reed.Īnt-Man 3 is filled with new and returning characters, but it significantly didn't include some franchise mainstays, such as Scott Lang's trio of best friends.Īlthough David Dastmalchian returned in the threequel, the actor didn't reprise his role as Kurt.
