Much like Jeff Bridges’ The Dude in The Big Lebowski, he’s unwittingly part of a much bigger plot going on in the world around him, and that connection was driven home by the wardrobe department on the film by having one of Rudd’s key pieces of costuming be a bathrobe.
We regularly get to see Marvel Cinematic Universe movies about heroes who are ready to jump into action at any given moment, but Ant-Man And The Wasp is a very different kind of Marvel blockbuster.
Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang, who has spent a little bit too much time in prison, is just trying to live a responsible life, but that turns out to be a luxury he can’t afford.