Today from Marvel Studios, a new image of a homeless person that is dressed up to look like Paul Rudd for an upcoming feature film has been released in order to somehow create hype for said film.
The film, currently titled Ant-Man (though surely a working title, since ants are not people), is an addition to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, populated by superheroes with actual useful powers like patriotism, angerstrength and money. Why Marvel would release an image like this, which is very non-superheroic, and then claim that the person photographed within looks anything like America’s sweetheart and star of Clueless Paul Rudd is a bit beyond me, but sources tell us it is a useful marketing tool and is something that fans will be sure to be excited about looking at and analyzing for all the hidden meaning, depth and symbolism contained within.
What we can confirm, however, is that the photo is not the work of photo manipulation, but rather an actual photograph taken by Zade Rosenthal using a Canon EOS 5D Mark III which is a pretty high-end camera that retails upwards of $3,399. The photo has a focal length of 51 and is taken with a 1/250 exposure time, and features absolutely no red eye. Great photo, Zade!
Whoever this mystery person is that looks shockingly like Paul Rudd if Paul Rudd were to somehow be forced to stop living off residual checks for Anchorman and Anchorman II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold, expect to see him and more in Marvel’s upcoming ant feature in July of next year.
