One of the more funnier fan theories that had been making the rounds during the last two “Avengers” films was that Paul Rudd‘s Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man could use his powers to shrink small enough to crawl up the butt of Thanos (played by Josh Brolin) and kill him by simply expanding himself to a giant-sized version, exploding the alien Titan into pieces. Of course, this didn’t happen for a bunch of different reasons, but the idea simply won’t die, neither has the hilarious aspect of it.
While promoting his latest film “Death of A Unicorn,” Rudd mused about the reality of the “Thanus” theory with ComicBook, who felt the need to get the actor’s thoughts on Scott’s chances of defeating Thanos in that manner (an idea that eventually landed in the mature superhero series “The Boys“).
“I often wonder, though, could he really have stopped Thanos in that way?” the actor pondered. “Because didn’t he, at that point, have the Space Stone or whatever?”
“Do you know what we’re talking about?” Rudd then asked his “Death of A Unicorn” co-star Jenna Ortega (who briefly appeared in “Iron Man 3” before waving off the idea of joining the MCU anytime soon). “There was a theory – going against Thanos, why didn’t Ant-Man just… instead of Thanos, it was ‘Thanus,’ go up Thanos and then expand.”
Ortega questioned Rudd when presented with that theory, “I thought he was already big … the purple one?” Rudd then clarified to Ortega, “I get really small,” with Ortega then remembering, “Oh, that’s right, you’re called Ant-Man!”
I don’t think it’ll be likely that Thanos will be showing up again anytime soon and there is still a big question mark if we’ll see Rudd joining the cast of “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” after the pivoting from Jonathan Majors‘ Kang to Robert Downey Jr.‘s Doctor Doom. Then again, in theory, it could be a tactical move that Lang uses in the future if we end up getting more Ant-Man (a fourth solo film seems doubtful).
Audiences won’t have to wait too long to see Rudd back on the big screen with A24‘s “Death of Unicorn” hitting theaters on March 28, and his absurdist comedy “Friendship” co-starring with Tim Robinson (“I Think You Should Leave”) lands in late May.
