Kathryn Newton’s Audition: From Hawkeye’s Kate Bishop to Ant-Man’s Cassie Lang

Marvel Studios released a video of Kathryn Newton auditioning with Jeremy Renner for the role of Kate Bishop in the Hawkeye series, but Hailee Steinfeld got the part. Renner already revealed that Newton was a top contender for Kate Bishop.

Kathryn Newton’s Journey to Becoming Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Newton later landed the role of Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In the clip, Jeremy Renner’s character talks about Director Nick Fury sending someone. Kathryn Newton’s character refers to Director Fury as “Mr. Good Eye” and mentions a previous encounter on a rooftop. The conversation takes a humorous turn with a mention of cookies.

How Kathryn Newton Landed the Role of Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania?

Hawkeye’s Kate Bishop screening led Ant-Man director Peyton Reed to cast her as Scott Lang’s 18-year-old daughter, Cassie Lang.

Reed said, “Audiences who have a relationship with young Cassie, Abby Ryder Fortson, who played her in the first two ‘Ant-Man’ movies.” He added, “I feel like they want to know that the daughter of Scott Lang grows up to be funny and grows up to be a bright, optimistic person in the way that Scott Lang is. That was really, really crucial for this movie.”

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by Jeff Loveness. The film stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, alongside Jonathan Majors, Kathryn Newton, David Dastmalchian, Katy O’Brian, William Jackson Harper, Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Corey Stoll, and Michael Douglas.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is now available on Disney+. Read our review.

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