The roster of upcoming 2025 movies will see the Marvel Cinematic Universe seemingly back to normal. With the machinery revving up to continue pushing its heroes and villains towards some pretty huge signposts, the opportunities are endless for young talent to join the cause. But as a Millenial Marvel fan, it’s surreal to hear younger MCU stars like Ant-Man 3’s Kathryn Newton talk about how they wanted to become a superhero thanks to childhood movie experiences.
I’m not going to totally date myself here, but let’s just say that by the time the Marvel movies in order kicked off in 2008, I was relatively fresh out of college. So reading the following remarks made during an Empire interview with Ms. Newton caused just a slight moment of joint pain: I started watching those movies when I was eight years old.
So they’re a big part of my life. Honestly, one of the biggest goals of my career was to be a Marvel superhero. I would do it forever if I could.
I know this isn’t the first time that the Abigail ensemble member has talked about this life milestone, as Newton’s Young Avengers hopes also made reference to her childhood aspirations. And this mini-rant I’m going on isn’t a complaint, as I remember being taken by Marvel Studios’ origin story in real time myself. Nevertheless, it’s still trippy that at the time I wanted to live like Tony Stark from Iron Man , suit of armor and all, the future Cassandra Lang was looking up, too.
While it’s surreal, it’s als.