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8 Perfectly Cast Superhero Movie Actors Who Don’t Get Enough Credit

Fans have very strong opinions on the actors who are chosen to bring their favourite comic book characters to life on the big screen. Sometimes they're blown away by them and the lucky actors go on to become beloved by the fandom - here's to you Robert Downey Jr., Hugh Jackman, Gal Gadot, etc. Other times, however, everyone seems to collectively hate them - commiserations to George Clooney, Nicolas Cage, Halle Berry et al.
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8) Paul Rudd

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When Ant-Man came out in 2015, it was largely overshadowed by the high-profile exit of Edgar Wright from the director’s chair, with many so crushed by the loss of his version of the movie that they immediately dismissed the final product. Fast forward a couple of years and Ant-Man is generally ranked as a middle-of-the-road kind of MCU effort.

That’s a great shame, as there’s much to enjoy in the film. Not least is Paul Rudd’s lead performance as Scott Lang, a good-natured ex-con who inherits the Ant-Man suit from Michael Douglas’ Hank Pym. It might have been difficult for us to get on the side of this criminal and deadbeat dad, but Rudd ensures that Scott is thoroughly likeable. He’s arguably even better in Captain America: Civil War, when Scott’s childlike glee at fighting alongside Steve Rogers (“here’s your shield, Captain America!”) provides a lot of laughs.

No one ever talks about Rudd’s Ant-Man as one of their favourite MCU heroes, and I guess that’s fair enough as the competition is mighty tough, but that doesn’t mean he should be swept aside and overlooked.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered. Since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester, he has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade. The MCU is his comfort place but, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is The Incredibles.