This article contains a big spoiler for Fast & Furious 6.

There are very, very light Ant-Man spoilers.

The man who took the job was Peyton Reed ofYes Man,Bring it On,andDown With Lovevintage.

We also asked him a few spoilery questions, but well hold those until the film has come out.

Heres the spoiler-free interview…

I just was a kid who grew up reading Marvel.

I read a couple of DC titles, but I was almost exclusively Marvel.

And, so when the opportunity came up, I jumped at the chance.

So, I think I would have been foolish to not engage on it.

I loved the idea of doing it.

I like the idea that hes a mentor in this movie, but hes got a lot of issues.

And what movies were your touch-points?

I really went back and looked at both versions ofOceans Eleven, the Clooney and the Sinatra.

And then, you know, looking at the originalThe Thomas Crown Affair.

Some of the sixties and seventies heist movies…

I knew that it wanted to be a tight movie.

It needed to be tight, and taut, and hopefully to be a repeat-viewing movie.

You know, in terms of story and also visuals.

It was really looking at that stuff for these heist movie tropes.

Particularly when Adam McKay and Paul [Rudd] were working on the re-writes.

Speaking of Paul Rudd, were you surprised by the casting of him as an ex-convict?

Hes quite loveable normally!

I personally wasnt surprised.

I do happen to think that Paul can do anything.

Action, comedy, drama… anything!

It was important to set up that he had this skillset, you know?

When I came on, Shepherd Frankel became the production designer.

I think Shepherd came on about a week before I did.

So, Shepherd and I worked really closely and designed.

He designed all the Pym Tech stuff, all that stuff.

Russell Carpenter, the cinematographer, I brought on to the movie.

Russell was someone Id wanted to work with for a long time.

Obviously he shotTrue LiesandTitanicfor James Cameron.

And Russell would just talk about, like I wanna know how light changes when youre down there!

He really got into it and embraced it and I love the look of the movie.

And I wanted a theme.

I wanted a recognisable superhero theme.

And Chris, I felt like, just knocked it out of the park.

And its a jazzy thing, and it has a very heist-y feel to it as well.

But yeah, withDown With Love, that was a thing where the design was crucial to it.

And particularly the way it moves and the transitions, and stuff.

Wed choreograph that stuff and wed shoot it, and stuff.

And, that was really fun to do.

The helicopter fight was also insane.

It was just… really inventive ways to reinvent a lot these action sequences.

And even the explosions we have.

These things, this movie afforded us to do differently than a normal action movie.

On your personal slate, what films were you developing betweenYes ManandAnt-Man?

Do you thinkAnt-Manmight help open some doors for your other ideas?

And were close to getting a draft thats really good.

Thats something that Im really keen to make.

I feel like theres a lot more to tell with these characters.

I just love those movies.

The first movie, actually… we talked aboutBack To The Futurea lot, in reference toAnt-Man.

Because I love that movie.

And its a repeat-viewing movie.

I can flick around on the TV andBack To The Futures on, and I just get sucked in.

[Claps] My favourite… well, it might have to beLock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels.

I mean, thats kind of the beginning, right?

Yeah, I think it would have to be.

I got really exhilarated when he showed up at the end of is itFast And Furious 6?

Not the last one, the one before that?

when he showed up at the end, it was so insane.

Because that movie is so fun and over-the-top and then its like HOLY SHIT!

JASON STATHAMS HERE?!

and it just ups the ante, its something so exhilarating about that.

Peyton Reed thank you very much!