*Although many are excited about “Ant-Man and the Wasp” marking Laurence Fishburne’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he wants to remind people that it isn’t his first time portraying a hero in a movie based on a Marvel character.
“This isn’t the first Marvel role to come my way,” said Fishburne at the L.A. press conference. “In fact, years and years ago, I ran into a guy, Tim Story, who was directing ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (which came out in 2007) and I said to him, ‘I am Norrin Radd.”
For the non-comics savvy, Norrin Radd is the man who gets transformed into the Silver Surfer and worked for the planet-eater Galactus in the comics, before turning against his master when he comes to Earth.
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“So, I voiced the Silver Surfer in ‘Rise of the Silver Surfer’, he said. “I’ve been into the source material since I was eight, a fan basically my whole life and I’ve really enjoyed everything they’ve done.”
Fishburne said he has been especially impressed with the quality of Marvel Studios films since they decided to have an entire cinematic universe, coordinated by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, starting with “Iron Man” in 2008.
“I feel they have brilliantly adapted the source material and made it modern,” said Fishburne. “Then, when I realized that I was working for Disney already with (ABC TV series) “Black-ish” and that I had worked with (Marvel bigwig) Louis D’Esposito way back when, I decided “I should go over and talk with them (Marvel Studios and say “What do I have to do!?”
Fishburne said the meeting went a little unexpectedly.
“So they were nice enough to say, ‘How about this guy? And strangely enough, I had never heard of Bill Foster (who plays pioneering black hero Black Goliath/Goliath in the comics), said Fishburne. “But Kevin and others told me all about his history and how he could tie into Ant-Man and I went, ‘Oh, really?” and that’s how I joined the Marvel Studios family.”
With how well his character has been received, as well as the anti-aging technology used on Michael Douglas as the original Ant-Man and Michele Pfeiffer as the original Wasp, the question was raised if we might get a period piece starring Douglas, Pfeiffer, and Fishburne as their younger selves, as well as Hayley Atwell’s fan-favorite character “Agent Carter”.
Feige refused to confirm or deny, but such a film would be fun and diverse and has a lot of potential – and a groundswell of support.
We’ll see…
“Ant–Man and The Wasp” is now playing in U.S. theaters nationwide.
Lawrence Fishburne is playing Goliath BTW #AntManandtheWasp pic.twitter.com/aq3wzCTW9Y
— Charlie Schneider (@AwesomEmergency) January 30, 2018
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