Marvel Studios recast Cassie Lang for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, choosing Kathryn Newton for a bigger and more recognizable star in the role. The decision to recast Cassie Lang was not unusual, as Marvel has recast other characters in the past, such as Bruce Banner and James Rhodey.
Subtly explaining the recast, Reed noted that he wanted someone "who could really hang with Paul Rudd and sort of not be left in the dust," mentioning that whoever performed as Cassie needed to be "sharp, and quick, and funny." He also praised Newton's athletic ability, referencing her world-class golfing and reasoning ...
As Quantumania continues, Kang confirms he was exiled to the Quantum Realm by none other than himself - variants of Kang whom the film's Conqueror claims feared him and chose to imprison him in the subatomic universe outside of time and space.
There actually is a perfectly good reason for why he isn't as dangerous and powerful as he was set up to be in Loki. As stated above this Kang is an exile, stripped of his powers and resources. Quantum Realm exists outside time so he can't manipulate time, and without the multiverse engine his ship is useless.
There are touches added in—like Cassie calling Hank "Grandpa"—that help to illustrate how close this family has grown in the time since we last met them.
If the Avengers: Endgame theory that Cassie's parents were snapped is correct, it means that she was completely alone for those five years after Thanos' snap. Maggie and Jim were snapped, while Scott was presumed to have met the same fate while trapped in the Quantum Realm.
As previously stated, many years passed between Ant-Man and Avengers: Endgame, which featured a five-year time jump following Thanos' Snap, as depicted in Avengers: Infinity War.
Marvel Studios recast Cassie Lang for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania following her MCU appearance in Avengers: Endgame. During the first two Ant-Man movies, Scott Lang's young daughter Cassie was played by Abby Ryder Fortson, but the five-year time jump in Avengers: Endgame concluded with another actor in the role.
Granted, Hope (Lilly) isn't referred to as Cassie's (Kathryn Newton) stepmom, and Hope and Scott (Paul Rudd) aren't officially married, as far as we know.
Reed went on to say that although Peña's character and the other former criminals are a "really fun" part of the "Ant-Man" films, there was no point involving them because "Quantumania" mainly takes place in the Quantum Realm.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe introduced audiences to Scott Lang and his daughter, Cassie Lang, in 2015's Ant-Man. Abby Ryder Fortson was the original Cassie Lang, being eight years old in the film.
Cassandra "Cassie" Lang appears in films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She first appears as a child in the films Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp, portrayed by Abby Ryder Fortson. She later appears as a teenager in Avengers: Endgame, portrayed by Emma Fuhrmann.
MODOK (also written as M.O.D.O.K.; an acronym for Mental / Mobile / Mechanized Organism Designed Only for Killing) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Pym Particles: Cassie was born as a normal human without any superpowers, but through intentional, repeated exposure to Pym Particles, she gained the following abilities: Size Reduction: Cassie possessed the power to reduce herself to the size of an ant, approximately one-half inch in height.
When Kang the Conqueror finally shows his face to Janet van Dyne and her family, he refers to Hope as "Jellybean." This affectionate term is usually only used by Janet when speaking to her daughter, but Kang's use of the nickname shows the bond that he made with Janet when he was first exiled to the Quantum Realm.
In the film when Scott returns back home he eats a cake which he says tastes awful. Now, this could simply be bad baking skills. However many fans have theorized that Scott didn't return to his version of Earth. That's why the cake tasted bad, because this is not his universe i.e. 616.
Afterwards, she heads the Pym van Dyne Foundation, continues a relationship with Scott Lang, and becomes a step-mother to Cassie Lang. She is later trapped in the Quantum Realm alongside her family and works with them to defeat Kang the Conqueror.
They did in fact try to play MODOK off as pure comic relief in the film, dramatically altering his origin story so he's a Kang-rescued version of Yellowjacket from the first Ant-Man film, and his arms and legs (and butt, as the movie shows) were shrunk as he descended into the Quantum Realm, but his face remained large ...
Disabling his suit could potentially strip him of his technological powers and weaken him. Ant-Man has already shown the ability to sabotage technologically-advanced suits like he did with Falcon and Iron Man in previous movies. This could be a key advantage in defeating Kang.
Formerly Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), MODOK worked for Kang during his time in the Quantum Realm, but was convinced to betray the conqueror by Cassie Lang. In his heroic redemption, MODOK helped orchestrate Kang's fall from power, but was mortally injured in the process.
