Original Avengers script featured Wasp – and Zooey Deschanel nearly played her

Zooey Deschanel in New Girl
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One version of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Avengers script featured꧙ Wasp instead of Black Widow, and Zooey Deschanel was director Joss Whedon൲'s top choice to play her, a new book has revealed.

"It was all about The Wasp. He wanted to cast Zooey Deschanel," Marvel producer Jeremy Latcham told The Story of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (via ). "[Wasp]ꦚ was the funniest character ♐in the whole movie, and well-written."

Whedon added: "The Wasp happened because t🎶here was a short period where it looked like we weren't going to be able to get Scarlett [due to scheduling conflicts], so I was panicking. I thought, 'Hold on, we could do The Wasp.' Then I fell in love with that. But we did get Scarlett, and then I realized I had written this entire movie about The Wasp. Oops. I overcompensated there."

In reality, Wasp doesn't make her first MCU appearance until 2015's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ant-Man, in which she's played by Michelle Pfeiffer – Evangeline Lilly, Pfieffer's on-screen daughter, then takes on the mantle in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ant-Man and the Wasp. While Lilly appeared in Avengers: Endgame, Wasp still has yet to officially join𝓀 the Avengers.

Of course, if Deschanel had starred in The Avengers, it's likely her career would have gone down a very different path – the Marvel movie 🃏started filming in 2011, which is when New Girl, the sitcom led by Deschanel, first arrived on the small screen. The show ran until 2018 and has been hugely popular. 

The next MCU adventure to hit the big screen is Eternals on November 5. In the meantime, make sure you're up to date with our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 4.

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