{
  "id": 15692986,
  "title": "Michael Douglas Asked To Be Killed Off Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’: “They Wouldn’t Let Me”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/michael-douglas-asked-to-be-killed-off-marvels-ant-man-they-wouldnt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T03:45:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/michael-douglas-asked-to-be-killed-off-marvels-ant-man-they-wouldnt-let-me-1237168330/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "If Michael Douglas had his way, he would’ve left the Marvel Cinematic Universe after starring in 2015’s Ant-Man and its sequel. In a new interview, the actor got real about his time in the MCU and asked the studio to kill off his character. “I would have been killed off after the second one, but […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Michael Douglas Says Marvel ‘Wouldn’t Let Me’ Quit After Asking Studio for ‘Ant-Man’ Character to Be Killed Off",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/michael-douglas-says-marvel-wouldnt-let-me-quit-after-asking-studio",
        "published": "2026-10-19T21:10:07.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Michael Douglas Asked To Be Killed Off Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’: “They Wouldn’t Let Me”",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/michael-douglas-asked-to-be-killed-off-marvels-ant-man-they-wouldnt-15699873",
        "published": "2026-10-20T03:45:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}