"Coz I'm Ant Man?": Paul Rudd's humorous reply to his Avengers: Doomsday casting steals hearts on The Tonight Show

The makers of Avengers: Doomsday recently gave a major update about the film. In a live video, the cast members of the film were announced who will be a part of the forthcoming superhero film. One of them is Paul Rudd, who has portrayed Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

The actor recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to discuss several things. During that interaction, Fallon stated that Rudd's name chair was small because, to which the actor said,

"Coz I'm Ant Man?

So, let us find out what exactly happened and more about the cast of the film.

Paul Rudd has a hilarious response over Avengers: Doomsday casting

Paul Rudd recently made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show. Initially in their chat, Fallon brought the recent reveal of the cast members of Marvel's forthcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

The talk show host spoke about the video, which featured several director's chairs with the cast members' names written on them. Fallon said,

"It was a big big, giant giant news all around the world yesterday. It was revealed that you are gonna be in the new Avengers: Doomsday as Ant Man. It's coming back."

After the crowd cheered, Rudd said that he also saw the announcement. In response, Fallon again said:

"The announcement, there was a live stream where they showed director's chairs with each actor's name on it. And here's your name on a smaller director's chair. Much, much smaller."

Fallon then shows a picture of a small chair with Paul Rudd's name on it. He then says,

"I guess coz you're..."

Rudd then interjects and says,

"Coz I'm Ant Man?"

In response, Fallon says yes. However, Rudd says that he hopes so.

"I hope so. I don't know. You know I thought 'Oh that's clever. Yes, I'm Ant-Man.' But there's still a part of you that's like a little, a little emasculating to have a tiny, tiny chair."

Avengers: Doomsday will be a sequel to Marvel's 2019 film Avengers: Endgame, and it's directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The script was written by Stephen McFeely and Michael Waldron, while the Russos and Kevin Feige are the producers. The film will star Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Mackie, Simu Liu, Vanessa Kirby, Sebastian Stan, and Rebecca Romijn among others.

Avengers: Doomsday will be released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures on May 1, 2026.