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How To Process Avengers Infinity War

April 24, 2018 by Momstart 1 Comment

Disney provided hotel and transportation to LA to attend the Avengers Infinity War red carpet.

Holy Cow Batman! Wait, wrong universe. Avengers is a non-stop action movie that jumps from one action sequence to the next and the first five minutes had me in a heart-wrenching moment that I’m not even allowed to tell you about. Well, I could but then it would be a spoiler and there are so many I can’t even process it. The only way to process this movie is to see it more than once.

I have to say, my one thought through out the movie is that Civil War is the only reason Thanos is able to cause any trouble at all, well not any trouble. See this movie is almost impossible to walk you through from scene to scene because so much happens. One thing happens and then you are processing that part then another thing happens in Avengers Infinity War and you are like, wait, wait….did that just happen??

I LOVED Avengers Infinity War!! I loved it.

Will I go see it again, yes, yes I will go see Avengers Infinity War again with my family. I might even go see it twice more. What I really want to do is see it with close captioning on because they would tell a joke, and then the audience would laugh and then I couldn’t hear the next punch line. Some things might have occurred too quickly, but how else would they have fit all that into a movie that is already 2 hours and 36 minutes long? It had to be quick. So rest assured you will not find a dull moment in Avengers Infinity War, not one single dull moment.

Kids, how can kids process Avengers Infinity War? The kids might need a hand held here and there. It’s intense like all of the Avengers movies, I’ll be taking my 10, and 11 year old and I would take them if they were 7 too. Marvel is so good at keeping their movies family friendly so yes, I thin it’s ok. Be prepared for some reactions from them, but you’re going to be having reactions to the movie yourself. I guarantee it. There was a woman behind me that in one scene she kept saying, No, No, No No. So you know your kid, it follows the same Marvel movie format, it just doesn’t have a slow moment at all. You’re barely going to be able to process this movie as you watch it. But you better go see it and see it quickly. I be there are already Avengers Infinity War spoilers out there.

The film opens 4/27.

New Thor Footage and Thor Ragnarok Poster

July 24, 2017 by Momstart 1 Comment

This past weekend was huge for Marvel at Comic Con San Diego. They shared so many new trailers I couldn’t keep up. My head was spinning with all this fantastic Thor Footage. They also released a new Thor Ragnarok poster. But first you have to make sure that you have seen the newest Thor Ragnarok Trailer.

Also see the new Thor Ragnarok Poster.

Thor Ragnarok Poster

After watching the Thor Ragnarok poster I feel like this movie is going to be even better than I realized. I mean I thought the movie was going to end with Asgard being destroyed (As you can read from my Avengers Infinity War coverage from D23 Expo) and maybe it still will be. But the Ragnarok Trailer gives me hope that something is going to turn out good. Loki returns as always, Thor will never give up on him. And they team up with some other heroes, the Hulk and one other that I’m not familiar with. My kids are and they were surprised with how the characters looked in the trailer but they are both super excited to see Thor November 3rd. I’m raising them right!

Thor Ragnarok SYNOPSIS:

In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok—the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization—at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger—the Incredible Hulk! “Thor: Ragnarok” thunders into U.S. theaters on November 3, 2017.

“Thor: Ragnarok” is directed by Taika Waititi and returns Chris Hemsworth starring as Thor and Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as Loki. They are joined by Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson and Karl Urban, with Mark Ruffalo and Anthony Hopkins.

Black Panther Costumes & Release Date

July 19, 2017 by Momstart 2 Comments

At the D23 Expo there wasn’t a lot of Marvel secrets revealed. We already shared with you the secrets from Thor Ragnarok to The Avengers Infinity War Part 1. We also know there are rumors that some of the actors are going to find the Infinity War movies to be their last. Which gives Marvel the room to focus on other Marvel characters like The Black Panther. And we have a first look at all the Black Panther costumes.

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Starting in Black Panther is Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther) and Forest Whitaker (the shaman, Zuri) Danai Gurira (Okoye) and Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia). Michael B. Jordan, who plays villain Erik Killmonger, is also spotted in the photo. Black Panther is directed by Ryan Coogler.

The Black Panther Costumes are fantastic. Each Black Panther costumes is covered with details from head to tow. The costumes are perfect for each character in the movie. Here are pictures of the Black Panther Costumes that we took from the D23 Expo hall. I think you will enjoy these and now be super excited for the movie release.

The Black Panther is in theaters February 16, 2018. We will continue to bring you updates as we have them.

Marvel Studios’ BLACK PANTHER follows T’Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king—and Black Panther—is tested when he is drawn into a formidable conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.

From Thor Ragnarok to Avengers Infinity War Secrets Revealed

July 19, 2017 by Momstart 3 Comments

Just days ago, huge Avengers Infinity war secrets were revealed. I’m not entirely sure of it’s placement. My guess is that this Avengers Infinity war secret extra footage would play at the end of Thor Ragnarok. We know that Thor is going to be in a bad place, we might even think at the end of the movie that Thor dies, but fear not he’s not going to die. He is going to be found by none other than the Guardians of the Galaxy. At the D23 Expo was saw Thor ram right into the front of their spaceship just like a bug on a windshield. They brought him in, Mantis woke him up, he jumped off the table all riled up and then they all drew their weapons and pointed them at him. I always wondered what was going to bring the Guardians of The Galaxy into The Infinity War, but then I also realized, Thanos is Gamora’s father. I LOVE being able to see these Avengers Infinity War Secrets first hand.

I wish I had an image or video to show you guys. I’m surprised they showed it to us and I can NOT wait for Thor to come out. I mean look at my D23 Expo or Bust photo.

Women's Thor Halloween Costume

Cool right?

We did however, get to see almost all of the Avengers on the D23Expo stage. Also big for Marvel is next year marks 10 years for the Marvel Studio. Something that most people just don’t seem to understand is that Marvel hasn’t been around very long. I mean yes Marvel Comics has but not the Marvel Studio that continues to make blockbuster after blockbuster so this is a big deal.

Feige unveiled the Marvel Studios’ official 10^th anniversary logo to the excited audience. Marvel Studios’ 10th anniversary begins with the release of “Avengers: Infinity War” and covers an impressive decade of Marvel Studios’ blockbusters released from 2008 through the “Avengers” untitled film in 2019. In celebration of the anniversary, fans can expect exclusive consumer products and collectibles, along with in-theater events and much more in the coming months.

Thor Ragnarok will be in theaters November 3 2017, while Avengers Infinity War will be in theaters May 4, 2018. We will continue to bring you up to date information as we receive it.

Exclusive Interview with Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Ant-Man’s Peyton Reed #AntManEvent

July 20, 2015 by Momstart 1 Comment

The president of Marvel, Kevin Feige is always a pleasure to interview, and during the Ant-Man press conference he wasn’t even on our schedule. He loves the mommy bloggers so much that he decided to pop in when Director Peyton Reed came in, Kevin Feige popped in as well. These guys are so passionate, focused, and ready for a good laugh which is a must in the Marvel world. I have to start off with a fun fact here about Peyton Reed.

Peyton Reed was an ardent Marvel fanboy. When he was in high school, Reed made a pencil drawing of the punk band he was in, in which he depicted the band as a recreation of “The Avengers #1” cover, where each of the band members was a different Avenger. Perhaps it was a flash of precognition, but Reed drew himself as Ant-Man.

Q : So with Ant-Man being more humorous what was that like to film a Marvel superhero that was humorous?

Peyton: Well, I think that was one of the things that appealed to me about it in the first place was that, you know, particularly in the context of Marvel movies it was sort of a smaller, more intimate Marvel movie and it did kind of revolve around family. Scott Lang, his one goal in the movie is to when he gets out of prison is to “become a part of his daughter’s life.” That’s it, that’s all he wants. And it’s a really strong, relatable personal goal. You know, of course he has to go on a crazy journey and achieve a lot of crazy things to–– to become a part of her life but that’s it.

And I also liked that it was always a part of the movie that, you know, Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd’s characters, they both have daughters and they both have kind of strange relationships. They want to be closer to their daughter. Um, and I like that that’s sort of a bond that they have. They may not realize that that’s their bond at all, but it is. And with Hank Pym and Hope, um, it’s crucial to the success of pulling off this heist they have to repair that relationship. ‘Cause they’re never gonna achieve that goal unless they, you know, they find some peace with each other.

…….. And in particular when you have Paul Rudd at the center of it, um, you know, it’s gonna be funny.

Making this movie there were a LOT of special effects. There had to be to include an army of ants right? Well I really enjoyed learning about how that came about and Peyton shared his experiences.

Peyton: There are I think 1600 visual effects in the movie, it’s a big deal in that regard. But it really is what–– what Marvel does extremely well. I mean, we have Jake Morrison who’s our Visual Effects Supervisor. I spent a lot of time with him and sort of talking about the look of the movie and, um, and the realism that we wanted. We were gonna be doing what’s hopefully the definitive “shrinking movie” for 2015. And ……….it had to look as photorealistic as possible.

FUN FACT: For the scaled-down Ant-Man sequences, the filmmakers used a combination of motion-picture macro photography, still macro photography, motion capture with the actors, motion capture with the stunt people, and for every set they built miniature sets, called macro sets. Macro photography is extreme close-up photography that produces photographs of small items larger than life-size.

PEYTON: And it really had to put the viewer down in that environment. When he shrinks down we were gonna be shrinking the audience down with him. And what would that look like and–– and feel and how are we gonna achieve that? ‘Cause I wanted, you know, if he’s running across a table I wanted to really feel like the texture of the table and all that. So, um, Marvel just happens to employ the top people in Hollywood for doing that and it was a huge education for me in that regard and I, but I–– I loved it. It was, it was, it’s amazing and the stuff that they are able to pull off is, it’s kind of mind-boggling.

FUN FACT: In the spirit of shooting everything in miniature, the macro photography team built a mini clapperboard, the device filmmakers use to help synchronize picture and sound. Originally made of wood and handwritten on with chalk, clapperboards now have digital features, but the one for the macro sets was of the old-fashioned variety.

When creating these films, how do you try to incorporate things to get the women a little more involved and excited about the film as well?

Kevin: Well, I think, I think, uh, all of our movies, have appeal to both. And I think people still feel, this is our 12th movie so I’m not sure why it still seems surprising but in test screenings oftentimes, the movies are rated higher by the women in the audience than by the men. So when people go, “Oh, you know, these, women don’t usually like these kind of movies,” I go, “Well, that’s not true.” I mean, there are men that don’t like them, there are women that, you know, but it’s, but it really is a huge portion of the fan base now. Uh, and I don’t know that we sit and go, “Okay how do we make the movie work for us, frankly.” We want to see, uh, the powerful women because we all have powerful women in our lives. That’s the way of the world. Um, so when it comes to Hope it was a big part of the development of the development of the movie, in particular when Peyton came on board and when Evangeline was about to come on board, um, of how to, you know, a lot, the big question was,

“Well, why isn’t she in the suit?” She could easily be in the suit. She is, she is clearly in the movie–– movie that we’ve made, uh, more capable than–– than, uh, Scott Lang is to be in the suit.

And that became the cruxt of her issues with her dad and her issues with–– with the way that–– that he, uh, the relationship they had growing up. Um, and why it becomes a big reveal in the movie. This is why I’m so adamant about it, um, leading up to the moment at the very end of the movie where he gets over those issues, uh, and she says, which I think is one of my favorite quotes of any of our films, “It’s about damn time.”

AND FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT QUOTE YOU HAVE TO GO SEE THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE OF ANTMANT.

What You Want To Know About Ant-Man #AntManEvent

July 17, 2015 by Momstart 1 Comment

Ant-Man is out in theaters today and I know why you should take your family to go see it. I will admit I was worried about this one being ok for kids, at least ok for my own kids. My kids for one are sensitive to suspense and when it comes to bugs OMG. My kids will run to the hills screaming like babies to get away from a but. In all honesty I’m just like them so I was worried about how the ants would come across. How did the ants come across? They were almost cute.

So Paul Rudd is in jail for committing a cyber crime. He stole money from rich people that were screwing around with little people and he gave it to the little people. This caught the attention of one rich person in particular, Dr. Hank Pym. Dr. Pym played by Michael Douglas is looking for a replacement. He needs someone to steal his technology back from his old business partners. Along with Dr. Pym’s daughter, Evangeline Lilly, they train Scott to become Ant-Man.

It’s a fantastic adventure story that focuses on family dynamics. We have Scott just trying to have permission to even be around his daughter because he loves her so much. Then we have the father daughter dynamic also between Dr. Pym and his daughter Hope. It’s going to do quite well in the theater as it hits the comic book fans where they want to be hit. It also gets all the men who like to see action movies and see things blow up. Then it also hits the female audience with Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll and Michael Pena as some really dreamy characters. Oh and you have your comedy, Marvel movies allow actors to play with their lines and Paul Rudd had everyone on set struggling to stay in character so you can only imagine how that plays out in the movie.

So go take your family to see Ant-Man, that’s where we’re headed.

Ant-Man’s Bad Guy Interview with Corey Stoll

July 16, 2015 by Momstart 1 Comment

What does it take to be a bad guy in a Marvel movie? It takes someone that looks like they could be a good guy. They are strong, funny and repulsive but that’s because someone has to be the bad guy right? In the new Marvel movie Ant-Man the bad guy is Corey Stoll the guy that felt he wasn’t supported appropriately. Well in real life he’s a funny guy with a lot of charm. I had the opportunity to interview him a few weeks ago and he even entered the room with so much energy that I knew it was going to be a great interview.

Here are a few pieces of the interview:

Tell Us About Being a Bad Guy:

Corey: It really wasn’t, it was not hard at all. My first day of shooting was sort of a microcosm of what the whole shoot would be where in the Morning was all, um, Motion Capture, totally abstract, just stunts and you know, it was like being in a Silent Film where you run this way and then duck and then pick up a toy train and throw it, um, and it was just, you know, pure play. Um, and so that was – that was really fun and then the Afternoon was a very quiet scene with Michael Douglas where I show up at his house unannounced and it’s our really most sort of intense scene.

And uh, it was just such a great way to start because there are these two extremes of what this role would be. And yeah, it was just fun. I think as we went on, there was a lot of, you know, with Peyton trying to calibrate. I want to make sure this Character is scary but I also love how, what a Loser he was. So and – and he has this incredible, you know, he’s – he’s the least cool guy in the World. He wants to be Tony Stark. He wants to be the coolest guy in the world.

He’s puffing himself up with these Tom Ford Suits and driving an Aston Martin.. Um, and so he puffs himself up. Uh, but he doesn’t really… He knows that he’s not that guy. And um, and yeah, that’s the irony, he’s trying to buff himself up in the end to impress this Father figure and it’s exactly the opposite of what a Father figure wants. Um, so I mean I think the script was – was really smart about giving very real, playable motivations.

Q : Were you always a Comic Book Fan?

Corey : Yeah, you also have, in Junior High School and High School, I was really into Comic Books starting with the real Super Hero Marvel Comic Books and then getting into some sort of darker stuff but um, yeah, I mean Spiderman, X-Men, and all that stuff.

Q : Who’s your favorite?

Corey: You know, he really bounced around but I would definitely say this about Spiderman. He was just the guy that I think that as a High School Student that you could identify with the most. Um, and just, then also just the New Yorkness. You know, I never really, you know, I liked Batman and I mean, and Superman but they were all in these sort of fictional Cities and uh, Spiderman was New York. You know, as a kid from Queens, the idea, you know, that fantasy of being able to swing through the – the buildings that I see every day was really cool.

Q : Talk about the suit.

Corey : No, we try to, I did two separate trips down to Atlanta just to try on different versions of the — of the suit and it just never looked right. And I remember the first time I tried it on, everybody was trying to convince themselves that it looked cool. Yeah, yeah, it’s gonna be great, just a little CGI over there and you know, it looked great. And I was, I just felt like a Power Ranger. So and luckily, you know, smarter heads prevailed and they just did it off CGI.

Tell us a bit about a scene you thought was more difficult.

Corey : Well the big sort of climax scene in the — in the Feature’s Vaults, uh, where I have sort of lured Hank Penn and Hope in order to deliver my big Villain Monologue and all that. I mean, I would say it was several days, maybe 3 days shooting that scene. It was an — it was an endurance feat because there were so many people in that scene. Uh, you know, we really felt like we were sort of trapped in that room for a long time. Um, but it was — it was just — it was just really fun to have that license to just be that big sort of Bond Villain, you know, just for it.

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Three Funny Guys: #Antourage #Antmanevent Interview

July 13, 2015 by Momstart Leave a Comment

At the core of every good Marvel movie is a good dose of humor. Of course Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd hold their own on camera and in person, but we recently found that the Antourage made up of three criminals that end up supporting Ant-Man are quite the jokesters themselves. These three guys came into the interview room during the Ant-Man press day and had everyone laughing from beginning to end.

About the Antourage:

“Luis is Scotty’s best friend from jail and they both got there in different ways,” says Michael Peña. “Luis is a street criminal while Scott is a white-collar criminal. They were cellmates and became buddies because Luis protected Scott in jail and in return he taught Luis about pulling off heists. So when he gets out of prison and realizes that it’s not easy for an ex-con to get any kind of job, Scott becomes part of a job that Luis has gotten an inside tip on. So they put a team together that includes Scott as well as two new guys, Dave and Kurt, who are both experts in their own fields.”

Describing Kurt, David Dastmalchian says, “Kurt is very talented with computer hacking and he has been in the United States for some time and spent some time in prison at which point he became friends with Luis. Now he’s out and he’s trying to do something positive with his skills, but he is not having a lot of luck with the job market. Kurt is a very fun character who is part of this really cool gang of knucklehead criminals that are trying to turn themselves around. I love Michael Peña, and getting to play with T.I. and obviously Paul is just an awesome opportunity.”

Rounding out the group of ex-cons is Dave, played by Tip “T.I.” Harris, and Kurt, played by David Dastmalchian. “We all met in prison and now that we’re out, we’re all trying to get our lives straightened out and on the right path,” says T.I. “My character Dave’s specialty is transportation, navigation and contingency plans. So when the first plan doesn’t work, Dave is always quick to think of something that can be done to ensure that all is not lost.”

When interviewing three people it ends up being much more like a conversation and a laugh-fest. Here are two questions about their humor in the movie and in their real lives.

Q: So, Michael, your method of story telling is hilarious in the film. Are you like that in real life?

Michael: “No. I’m like, I was always like a quiet kid, to be honest.”

T.I.: “What?!”

Michael: “Yeah. I remember, like I got messages on Facebook and I’m like, out of all people to be an actor you’re the guy? I was captain of the wrestling team and the track team and, you know, I loved sports and stuff. So that’s the only way that I really made friends, but I was like kind of a nerd to be honest – It’s hard to believe, I know.”

T.I.: “You know what, man, me too.”

Michael: “Were you really?”

T.I.: “Hell no.”

Michael: “You know, but he’s a smart dude, though. So I’m like, you never know, you know what I mean? So I’m like… He knows. T.I. being a nerd. I’m like, “I would believe it.” He’s a smart dude. I mean he’s not– he doesn’t rap about like, you know, just dumb shit, you know?”

David: “I know [Michael] has done some comedy work before, but he’s so famous for these killer dramatic roles and stuff. And the first time we’re on set and he started making T.I. and I just bust out I was like that’s not the dude that I was expecting.”

T.I.: “Right.”

David: “He’s so brilliant in this film and I, I love it, yeah.”

T.I.: “Yeah.”

Michael: “I’m imitating this guy – I won’t say his name, but he’s, you know, in my neighborhood. And I had the blessing of going to prep school and living in the ghetto, you know what I mean? It’s what happens or whatever. And so like, I’d travel like an hour in the morning just to get to that school, come back and then all of a sudden the dude’s like, “And how, how did it go man? You want a nickel bag?” And I’m like, “No man, I’m good man. I gotta study and stuff.” He said, “But if you don’t want a nickel bag it’s cool.”

And then you know he’s the kind of dude that, you know, he got a girl pregnant when he was 13. Yeah, which is amazing, but he’s a really great dad…when he’s not in jail. So, it was like I was waiting for a movie to put that character in there because he’s like, the most optimistic criminal that I’ve ever met in my life. But he like, you know, everybody loves him, but at the same time like you gotta’ be kidding me. So that’s Luis.”

Q: You guys are pretty hilarious in the movie. Can you share a moment or a funny scene that you all really enjoyed filming together?

T.I.: “I’ll do that…”

Michael: “Sorry, I’m still on Instagram mode, dude. Look how awesome it is man. Are you kidding me?! Get out of town.”

T.I.: “All of the scenes, you know, that we did together, to me, were funny. A lot of the van stuff. You know, remember the first night we were in that van, the van in San Francisco?”

Michael: “Instagram bro, [I’m on] Instagram.”

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T.I.: “In San Francisco, I think it was the scene when Scott was breaking into Hank Pym’s house for the first time. I mean, the stuff that didn’t make it on screen now that’s…that’s the goal. That’s the action.”

Michael: “I mean, that would be another kind of movie.”

David: “It was intimidating too. It’s scary. Because I… we were big fans of these guys and everybody in the film and so the first time we’re sitting there it was in– yeah, it was in San Francisco right?”

T.I.: “Yeah.”

David: “…in the van. And they started to just go and rif, too. And they made me feel really welcome immediately, which was a great feeling. You feel more creatively free to do that, but like there were some jokes, obviously not all of ‘em can make it in the film, but these guys…”

Michael: “ …of very poor taste.”

T.I.: “Yeah, of very poor taste. Oh, man.”

David: “And dancing; we had some fun dancing.”

T.I.: “Yeah. And the, you know, the jokes every time he would make a joke because him and Luis and Scott were cellmates, you know, supposedly.”

Michael: “No, we were cell mates, bro.”

T.I.: “Yeah. So every time they’d make mention of ‘Yo, it’s just like when we were in the cell’ and we were like, “Oh really? Really.” You know, things like that.”

Michael: “You get close, bro.”

David: “And then you don’t talk about cells.”

T.I.: “Yeah, exactly.”

Michael: “Yo, the first rule about prison is, you don’t talk about prison. Unless you wanna’ talk about prison.”

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Exclusive Ant-Man Interview with Paul Rudd & Evangeline Lilly #AntManEvent

July 8, 2015 by Momstart 5 Comments

During my recent trip to LA, I had the chance to sit down with the stars of Marvel’s Ant-Man! Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly. Having interviewed Paul in the past, I already knew he was kind and funny. But he continued to show is chivalry by helping the pregnant Evangeline Lilly to her seat.

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They get to choose if they want to let the mommy bloggers interview them and they were so kind to take the time out of their busy schedules to give this Ant-Man exclusive interview. I was really excited to get to interview him again after seeing the entire movie and how it all came together. It’s a fantastic movie with a lot of heart.

We started off talking about how Paul usually does comedy and now this is obviously an action movie or is it?

PAUL : Right, well, um, you know, I always felt like with, especially with Marvel movies, but just talking about this one, that it was going to be funny. They are good with levity. I mean, all their films have funny moments but they’re not necessarily straight up comedies. And, with this one I knew that the action was going to be really good. I knew the visuals were going to be crazy good. But, I also knew that there was this relationship that Scott Lang had with his daughter and that there was the relationship that Michael Douglas has with his daughter and that this whole thing with parents and children, that that was going to be really the thrust of the film. And that’s relatable and empathetic and something that you can hang the whole thing on. And that’s pretty dramatic. So, that’s really what I kind of focused on, figuring you know, humor would be there in the end.

Evangeline actually felt intimidated working with such great talent and said that of course there is comedy in this movie. How can you have an actor like Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas without humor.

EVANGELINE: And that said, he did not stop improving and cracking jokes through the entire– there wasn’t one scene no matter how serious where you didn’t make me break character. And I kept asking him what am I supposed to do with you do that? Do I riff with you? Do I shut up and let you do your thing? Like, I am so out of my element ’cause you are so comfortable in that comedic space and he being the sweetest man alive as we all know, always — I’m only preaching to the choir. Do you see their faces? You were always like I’ll just do what you say, do whatever you want. I don’t know what to do. Nothing feels right. Tell me what to do. And he never did, never would……….which made me even more insecure ’cause even Michael Douglas can riff an improv. I was the only person on set who wasn’t improving.

There was a lot of banter back and fourth during the interview which made everyone in the room laugh quite a bit. I didn’t know this but I found out that Evangeline actually helped write part of her character. Someone asked do you feel like that it came out what you wanted as far as the girl power part of it?

EVANGELINE: You know, it’s funny because actually the girl power part was no really my contribution. [LAUGHS] That was Marvel and the boys who– I mean what guy doesn’t like a girl who can kick ass? They like to see that on screen, right? What I think is important is that woman, first of all be a woman and not a girl, and that she also have all the dimensions that a male character who can kick ass would also have. And I think a lot of the times what happens mistakenly in men’s very, very meaningful attempts to make strong women is they make them strong in the way that they relate to, which is wrong. And I think that female strength, um, has many more dimensions than that and I think that um, a lot of our strength comes from our women’s vulnerability, our compassion, our maternal instincts, and I don’t think that those things should ever be labeled as weaknesses. And I think that’s one of the things that I always look to put in and infuse these characters with is um, is the sort of moments where you suddenly realize underneath that very hard facade, underneath what she’s trying to project to the world because she feels she has to survive or she has to do what she needs to do is you know, a little girl within all of us and even within Paul, there’s just a little girl [LAUGHTER].

PAUL : It’s true, very true.

EVANGELINE: That needs love and wants to give love in order to receive love and I think that’s what we’re all doing. That’s the human predicament is how do we give unconditional love and just not losing sight of that.

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Ant-Man Costumes The Helmet and Inside Pym Tech Lab #AntManEvent

June 26, 2015 by Momstart 2 Comments

I’ve shared with you guys four Marvel’s Ant-Man interviews this week and today I want to share more about our on set experience and the fact that I got to wear THE ANT-MAN helmet which was AWESOME and yes this sentence will never end. (insert smiles because that’s how excited I am to share this)

See! This is us inside Pym Tech Lab in between takes. They has just filmed a major action scene the day before and were getting ready to film something else later that afternoon. It was really cool to be on the set because we could see what was on the computer screens and how detailed all the lab stations were. It’s so amazing how big these sets can feel while still being inside a building itself.

This also looks like part of the lab

We also saw a few other areas that they filmed in. We weren’t allowed to take photos but I did manage to get my hands on a few Ant-Man Movie Stills of the room we were in.

And this Ant-Man photo is really cool because I stood in that exact spot minus the body count.

After checking out the amazing sets we were allowed to go over to the costume department and chat with that amazing team. Learning about costumes is always one of my favorite things to listen to. And I was surprised to learn how a costume like Ant-Man’s evolves as the need arises.

The costume would start one way and then they would find that he couldn’t even lift his arms more than waist high like in the photo below; so of course they had to make it lighter and more flexible.

It took them over 7 months of prep to create the first costume. Everything was custom made and they used a 3-D printer for prototypes. As the costume evolved they were able to get a light in a set of the gloves and in one of the helmets.

And the helmet had to be screwed on. While filming only four different people had ever tried on the helmet, until the bloggers showed up that is. This is how the Ant-Man helmet was screwed onto my head.

In the end there were 13 suits 7 helmets, and 15-17 belts. The stunt belts are 1 piece, but the “hero” belt was over 50 pieces! It was such a fun an amazing day and I can’t wait to see the movie as it’s in theaters on July 17th.