Evangeline Lilly Questioned Posting Anti-Vaccination Rally Photos, Says ‘Ant-Man’ Director Dismissed Firing Rumors | THR News - video Dailymotion

She also opened up about the controversy around her attendance at an anti-vaccination mandate rally in January 2022 and a post in March 2020.

Transcript

00:00Evangeline Lilly is finally addressing those photos of herself at an anti-vax rally during

00:05the pandemic and rumors of her being fired from Marvel. In an interview with Esquire,

00:10the Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania star spoke about her conflicted relationship with Hollywood.

00:15The star opened up about the controversy around her attendance at an anti-vaccination mandate

00:20rally in January of 2022 and a post in March of 2020 at the very beginning of the COVID-19

00:27pandemic. In the message, she used the hashtag business as usual to describe her and her family

00:32going about their lives amid the start of the global crisis, which has since killed 6.8 million people,

00:38according to the World Health Organization. Speaking to the 2022 post, Lilly told the magazine that she

00:44had questioned whether to publish it about 600 times, knowing that it might stir backlash. She,

00:50however, reiterated the message, I just wanted people out there who were struggling because

00:54they were under severe pressure to do something they didn't want to do, to know that they weren't

00:59alone, to know that there were people who actually felt they had a right to say no.

01:03As for how Marvel has reacted to her personal and political stances, Lilly said,

01:08they've always said that's not our business. That's not for us to tell you how to live your

01:12life or what opinions to have. I think it's really healthy. The actress added that amid the

01:17controversy, Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania director Peyton Reed told her she should not be

01:22concerned about her future with Marvel, saying, just so you know, there's some rumors spreading

01:26about Marvel ditching you or canceling you, and that didn't come from Marvel, and that didn't

01:30come from us, so just ignore that. For more details on this story, head to thr.com. And for

01:36the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.