Friday, July 24, 2015

Ant-Man film informatics Part 06: Hope Van Dyne


Hope van Dyne is the estranged daughter of Hank Pym.

Hope's relationship with her father Hank Pym became distant after her mother Janet van Dyne was lost in a subatomic spacial void called the Quantum Realm. It was only many years later that Pym decided to tell her the truth about hr mother's apparent demise. Van Dyne cast the deciding vote that ousted Pym from Pym Technologies. She then proceeded to work at Cross Technologies as Darren Cross' assistant. She and Hank Pym later trained Scott Lang to perfectly control and manipulate the Ant-Man suit that additionally supplies superhuman strength, while teaching him to control ants.

Abilities
Expert Scientist: Raised by Hank Pym, Hope van Dyne was trained in the sciences of bio-chemistry.
Expert Martial Artist: Hope van Dyne trained Scott Lang in combat skills and fighting techniques, enabling him to become Ant-Man.