Following the shows finale in 2010, Evangeline starred in Real Steel as Bailey Tallet (2011), having previously had a small part in The Hurt Locker (2008) as Jeremy Renner's wife. It seems, however, that the aim has merely been quality rather than quantity. Last year she made a welcome return to our screens in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Here she played Tauriel, and Elven warrior. A character who will make a return this year in the final instalment, The Hobbit: There And Back Again.
Now, the rumour mill has fired up with news of meetings and talks with Marvel Studios. The thinking being that she will be joining Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas in Ant-Man. Slated for 2015 this is the start of Marvel's MCU Phase 3, and is being helmed by Edgar Wright.
We know that Michael Douglas is going to be Hank Pym, and Paul Rudd will be Scott Lang/Ant Man. Which led initially to the thinking that she would play Janet Van Dyne, aka Wasp. This would fit nice and snug with the Ant-Man story, as well as giving us another member of The Avengers in time for the 3rd Avengers film.
When Ant-Man was first announced and Edgar Wright was unveiled as director, there was speculation that Mary Elizabeth Winstead may join the project, and that she may have taken on the role of Wasp. Nothing further came of it, and this may now be dead in the water.
Another rumour is that we could see the introduction of Spider-Woman. As a character who has ties, not only to Ant-Man, but to S.H.I.E.L.D and HYDRA, this might not be so far off the mark. Talk of rights ownership immediately surfaced due to Sony owning the rights to Spider-Man. I can't imagine it being an issue though, even though similarly named, they are different characters. Unless their rights are somehow tied together in a way that we don't know about.
Either way, it looks as though Evangeline Lilly may be the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Fingers crossed.
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