Michael Douglas reveals 'fantastic way' he wanted Hank Pym to die in “Ant-Man ”sequel

"I want to use all those effects," Douglas said.

Michael Douglas once had a big idea for how he wanted his character, Hank Pym, to have a tiny little death in Marvel's latest Ant-Man sequel.

The 79-year-old actor appeared Tuesday on The View to promote his new Apple TV+ series Franklin, where he fielded a question from cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin about the actor's past comments about wishing Pym had died in 2023's Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.

"This actually was my request for the third one," Douglas explained of his character, who ultimately survived the film's narrative. "I said I’d like to have a serious [death], with all these great special effects. There’s got to be some fantastic way where I can shrink to an ant size and explode, whatever it is. I want to use all those effects. But, that was on the last one. Now, I don’t think I’m going to show up."

On the Quantumania red carpet in 2023, Douglas told The Hollywood Reporter he would return for a fourth film "as long as I could die," while Marvel executive Stephen Broussard said in another interview that a fourth Ant-Man film was under consideration for a future release.

Entertainment Weekly has reached out to a representative for Douglas for comment.

Douglas made his first appearance as Pym in the 2015 blockbuster starring Paul Rudd as the titular superhero who has the ability to shrink down to miniature size utilizing an advancement spearheaded by Douglas' character. Douglas went on to star in both 2018's sequel, Ant-Man and The Wasp, as well as 2023's Quantumania.

The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.

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