The Marvel Cinematic Universe might miss out on Cassie Lang's perfect origin story since Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania recast Scott Lang's daughter with Kathryn Newton. When Marvel Studios officially confirmed plans for Ant-Man 3 in late 2020, it came with a few surprise announcements. One was the confirmation of Kang the Conqueror being the villain, but the other was revealing Cassie Lang was recast, as Kathryn Newton took over the role.

Marvel's decision to recast Cassie Lang with Kathryn Newton has been seen as confirmation that she'll become a superhero in Ant-Man 3. The MCU planted the seeds for Cassie's superhero transformation in Ant-Man and the Wasp, where a much younger Cassie said she wanted to be her father's sidekick. Since she becomes a superhero in the comics and a member of the Young Avengers, many have been waiting to see Cassie become Stature, Stinger, or one of her other aliases. It was even theorized that Avengers: Endgame could include her origin due to Emma Fuhrmann playing an older version of Abby Ryder Fortson's Cassie.

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The events of Avengers: Endgame provided the perfect origin story for Cassie Lang's superhero journey. She survived Thanos' snap and lived the next five years thinking her father was dead. This would be the perfect time for Cassie to suit up in some fashion and become a new version of Ant-Man to honor her dad. She would've risen to the occasion to become a new hero at a time when the world was in chaos and more than half of its biggest heroes were missing. This could also have mirrored the comics, where Cassie originally became a hero after Scott's death. Although Avengers: Endgame made this origin possible, the decision to recast Cassie Lang for Ant-Man 3 makes it very unlikely Marvel Studios will utilize this origin story.

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The key reason that Ant-Man 3 will most likely avoid this Cassie Lang origin story is the recasting decision. The MCU has recast various characters in the past, but the franchise has so far only moved those characters' stories forward and not backward. This helps preserve the limited illusion of the MCU canon and not mix up when the different actors played the characters. With Kathryn Newton playing Cassie in Ant-Man 3, Marvel will surely avoid also having her play Cassie during The Blip. If they did that, the timeline order of actresses to play her would be Fortson, Newton, Fuhrmann, and then Newton again.

While it is understandable to a degree why Marvel Studios wanted Newton, who is a bigger name and more recognizable face, to play Cassie in Ant-Man 3, it is unfortunate that it likely robs the character of this origin. It would've been a refreshing way to tell the origin of a legacy-style character. Cassie's origin and training alongside Ant-Man and Wasp could now feel quite similar to Kate Bishop and Yelena Belova's recent stories. Hopefully, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has a clever and unique Cassie Lang origin story in store despite the recast that sets her up for the Young Avengers.

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