In 2013, Variety reported that the role of Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man, was pretty much narrowed down to two actors: Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd. Of course, Rudd wound up snagging the role, and Gordon-Levitt, who had previously dabbled in the superhero world as future "Robin" John Blake in The Dark Knight Rises shot down the rumours as "nothing but lies" in a red carpet interview, according to Screen Crush.