Cinemas are the place to marvel, says Ant-Man Paul Rudd

Ant-Man star Paul Rudd has a message for fans ahead of the latest instalment in the blockbuster franchise: get to the cinema – this isn’t a small-screen experience | WATCH

Paul Rudd at the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania premiere in Sydney on Thursday. Picture: Matrix

Ant-Man star Paul Rudd has a message for fans ahead of the ­latest instalment in the blockbuster franchise: get to the ­cinema – this isn’t a small-screen experience.

Hundreds of Marvel devotees swarmed Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter on Thursday, vying for a glimpse of Rudd and his co-star, Jonathan Majors, at a special release event for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quan­tumania.

Director Peyton Reed, left, and stars Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors attend the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Sydney premiere on Thursday. Picture: Getty Images

It has been five years since the last instalment of the Ant-Man franchise, and some fans had queued from 5am.

“This is a movie that should be seen at the cinema,” Rudd told The Australian.

“You just get lost in the world. It’s a communal experience, and you are completely transported into a different world.

“You don’t get that by watching a movie on your phone.”

To support his argument, Rudd told how he had “rolling tears” when he saw Cinema Paradiso at the movies. “I couldn’t control myself. It had a major ­effect on me. I remember thinking, ‘I don’t want to see that movie again for 10 years’.”

Don’t expect Ant-Man to be as emotionally gruelling. “I don’t think you’ll cry as much as I did in Cinema Paradiso,” Rudd said.

Director Peyton Reed echoed Rudd’s hopes that fans would opt for a big-screen viewing.

“I want audiences to experience Ant-Man on the biggest screen ever,” he said.

Quantumania is set to be ­released on February 16.