Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania could have taken a whole different story path, as Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) apparently had a son in the early stages of the project. In a post published on Lucas Grant’s official Instagram account, the young Five Night at Freddy’s star has shared some curious set photos and explained how his part was cut from the threequel.
In the original post, we see Grant shooting some scenes with Lilly and a second child. The three actors are wearing civilian clothes in the middle of a blue room that would be eventually filled with some CGI magic. By the looks of it, Hope would have had two children at some point in Quantumania, representing a drastic change in the story we watched in theaters. Grant’s mother confirms in the post that “he played Wasp/Hope’s son,” although there’s no mention of the second child, or who the father might be.
There are many ways the inclusion of Hope’s son could have played out. Hope and Scott could have started Quantumania split apart, with the Wasp moving on to form a new family. Or maybe Hope and Scott were supposed to remain trapped in the Quantum Realm after sacrificing their freedom to ensure Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) wouldn’t escape. If that were the original intention of the script, then the couple could have had children while trying to build a life for themselves in the Microverse. That would justify the blue room, as everything in the Quantum Realm is generated with computers. It would also explain why Hope has long hair in the images.
