10 Awesome Actors Totally Wasted By The MCU
4. Michelle Pfeiffer - Ant-Man & The Wasp
Landing Michelle Pfeiffer to play Janet van Dyne in Ant-Man and the Wasp was a literal dream come true for director Peyton Reed, given that he modeled the brief glimpse of Janet in the first movie off the actress.
Pfeiffer, who is notoriously picky about the roles she takes, was nevertheless convinced to take the part, leading fans to assume that she'd have a major, front-and-center role in the film and potentially other future MCU movies.
And though Pfeiffer was certainly well-cast as Hank Pym's (Michael Douglas) long lost wife, and Janet is a major component of the plot, as a character she doesn't actually get to do much at all.
The role of Janet is just frustratingly underwritten, such that even her reunion with her family doesn't quite hit the desired emotional note, and fans hoping to see Pfeiffer kicking ass as the original Wasp were left firmly disappointed.
Though Pfeiffer did return for a cameo in Avengers: Endgame and has expressed interest in coming back for Ant-Man 3, to date she's been given precious little to sink her teeth into.