Evangeline Lilly adores Paul Rudd and enjoys working with him, making him the best Avenger despite working with Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man.
In fact, Paul Rudd becoming the titular hero was one of the few reasons that the actress joined the cast as well. Lilly being his co-star has always been first in line to support him and be in awe of his performances in any project if not the Ant-Man movies alone. The actress confirmed that the biggest reason she loves the Ant-Man trilogy is not that she is a part of the series but because of Paul Rudd’s involvement. Her experience of working with him has been exceptional for her and she is always eager to tell the world about it. The actress even called him one of the best Avengers if not the best. This is especially visible with the actress who has been a fan of Rudd for a long time.
The lack of Hope van Dyne in the new Ant-Man and The Wasp film has been addressed by Evangeline Lilly.
"And all of that is on top of saving the world with the Avengers and starting her own company and trying to save the actual world from its everyday problems. [previous controversial social media posts](https://thedirect.com/article/evangeline-lilly-conspiracy-ant-man-3-release) had anything to do with how few her opportunities were in Quantumania. She’s changed so much over the three films that I’ve often found myself a bit lost and uncertain that I’m really clear on who she is." "But she doesn’t change a lot in this film. She’s always effective in everything that she tries to do, and so that one word just helps anchor me. And [that word] is the bullet." [Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania](/tags/ant-man-3-quantumania/)/ [Wasp](/tags/wasp/)/ [Evangeline Lilly](/tags/evangeline-lilly/)/ that's become [her] anchor" in understanding the character: "Yes and no. In fact, the project at one point held When compared to [Hope van Dyne](https://thedirect.com/tags/wasp/)'s role in the recent [Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania](https://thedirect.com/tags/ant-man-3-quantumania/), something the star behind the hero attempted to explain.