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Michael Douglas Says Marvel Refused To Kill Off His Ant-Man Character

The actor revealed in a recent interview that he requested his character be written out after the second film, but the studio declined.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 19 Oct 2026 · updated 5h ago

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First reported by The A.V. Club, 19 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 19 Oct 2026. The A.V. Club published first, on 19 October at 20:50 UTC; Variety followed 20 min later. The most recent article, from Deadline, appeared on 20 October at 03:45 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The A.V. Club, Deadline.

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  1. Michael Douglas Says Marvel ‘Wouldn’t Let Me’ Quit After Asking Studio for ‘Ant-Man’ Character to Be Killed Off Variety ·
  2. Michael Douglas Asked To Be Killed Off Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’: “They Wouldn’t Let Me” Deadline
  3. Marvel won't let Michael Douglas die The A.V. Club

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