The MCU has always made changes to certain characters and Ghost is the latest example of that. In July's Ant-Man and The Wasp, Ghost will be gender-flipped although the filmmakers are hoping to keep the villain's air of mystery. Actress Hannah John-Kamen, who will be playing the villain in the Ant-Man sequel, recently commented on the gender-switch.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, John-Kamen feels that the change is an interesting one and is forward-moving in the modern world. The actress points out how comics from 50 or so years ago have characters that could have easily been female, with Ghost being an obvious choice.
"Definitely that, that's been amazing. I think that you know, the kind of gender swapping from male to female is, you look at graphic novels, you look at comic books, written so long ago. They're like 50-years old or 40-years old. It's nice to like go, do you know what? This is a modern, it's a modern world. It's again, freeing, to be able to take that character and go, yeah, that can be played by a male or female and that's definitely forward thinking, and that's been amazing to be able to do."
Regardless of gender, there's no doubt that the MCU design of Ghost looks great and the fact that her powers remain the same is excellent. Ghost has always been used as a thief and she should have some fun parallels to Scott Lang, who also has a criminal record. It could make for a fun character dynamic, though it's too early to tell right now.
Ghost's overall goal in the film is still unknown, though some have theorized that she has some sort of vendetta against Hank Pym. Whatever the case, let's hope that she becomes a really fun villain.
Ant-Man and The Wasp will hit theaters on July 6.
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