23 of the most wasted Marvel movie characters as picked from each movie
By Mark Lynch
Ant-Man: Darren Cross
Ant-Man is yet another Marvel Comics character that no one would normally care about. Marvel didn’t even use the most popular Ant-Man to star in this film. Yet, here comes Paul Rudd being his awesome self and making us love Scott Lang.
He was one of the best casting decisions Marvel has made. Without him, no one would have recommended seeing this movie. He added the same kind of unexpected surprise that Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans did for their roles. Lastly, let’s not forget that Paul Rudd did this at 46 years old and is still going strong.
Can anyone name the villain without looking it up? Probably not and that’s the problem.
Darren Cross was the one with an obsession with his mentor Hank Pym. Sadly, the only thing most of us remember is the Yellowjacket costume and the toy train hitting him.
This movie sorely needed him to be the villain we’d remember. It was the only thing that was missing. It ended up feeling more like Iron Man than an original project. Darren Cross may not have been a villain to carry a movie, but something could have been done to make him unforgettable.