Paul Rudd is the first Marvel actor to respond to the big Avengers: Doomsday casting, which saw 27 actors announced for the film.
On Wednesday, Marvel Studios released a live five-hour video announcing the cast, which clocked in 275 million views and set the record for Marvel’s largest live audience.
“A little emasculating”
The Ant-Man actor appeared on Jimmy Fallon and was asked about the casting. Rudd and Fallon had some fun as Marvel’s announcement featured an Ant-Man-sized chair:
“I saw that announcement. I did. I thought, ‘Oh that’s clever, yes I’m Ant-Man.’ But there’s still the part of me that’s like, it’s a little emasculating to have a little tiny chair. But at least, finally, one that will actually fit me when I sit down.”
Marvel snipers are out
As it is a Marvel movie, Rudd couldn’t offer anything about the movie, and they had some additional fun at the expense of the recent reports involving a certain leak and a group text:
“There is nothing that I can tell you. They are really secretive. It’s important… Clearly as we know, they never announce anything… It’s a major movie, you can’t be frivolous with this kind of stuff. It’s nothing like military secrets or anything, this is a major motion picture… This is not like some kind of coordinated attack anywhere… It’s Marvel, Jimmy, it’s important… So, no, there’s nothing I can tell you.”
Watch the video:
Avengers: Doomsday release info
Avengers: Doomsday gets released on May 1, 2026, with the Russo Brothers returning to direct.
Who stars?
Marvel announced the following actors and also teased additional announcements:
- Chris Hemsworth who plays Thor
- Vanessa Kirby who plays Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman, in Fantastic Four
- Anthony Mackie who plays Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America
- Sebastian Stan who plays The Winter Soldier and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Paul Rudd who plays Ant-Man (a little chair is shown)
- Wyatt Russell who plays John Walker / US Agent and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Letitia Wright who plays Shuri / Black Panther
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach who plays The Thing in Fantastic Four
- Tenoch Huerta Mejia who plays Namor
- Simu Liu who plays Shang-Chi
- Florence Pugh who plays Yelena and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Kelsey Grammer who plays Dr. Henry ‘Hank’ McCoy, aka the X-Men’s Beast, and was last seen in The Marvels post-credit scene
- Lewis Pullman who is playing Robert Reynolds, aka The Sentry, in Thunderbolts
- Danny Ramirez who plays Joaquin Torres aka Falcon
- Joseph Quinn who plays Johnny Storm, aka Human Torch, in Fantastic Four
- David Harbour who plays Red Guardian and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Winston Duke who plays M’Baku from the Black Panther movies
- Hannah John-Kamen who plays Ghost and next appears in Thunderbolts
- Tom Hiddleston returns as Loki
- Patrick Stewart who played Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in the X-Men movies
- Ian McKellen who played Magneto in the X-Men movies
- Alan Cumming who played Nightcrawler in the X-Men movies
- Rebecca Romijn is back who played Mystique from the X-Men movies
- James Marsden who played Cyclops in the X-Men movies
- Channing Tatum who played Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine
- Pedro Pascal who plays Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic, in Fantastic Four
- Robert Downey Jr. who is playing Doctor Doom
