--- title: Ant-Man: Paul Rudd Tricks Conan With a Phony Clip Once Again description: Fooled once again canonical: https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-17T13:29:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:21:05.208Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Paul Rudd Tricks Conan Again With Misleading 'Ant-Man' Clip og:description: Fooled once again og:url: https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c55e22f3b5719e/69885b18428a9e1855cce2ec/ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Rudd Tricks Conan Again With Misleading 'Ant-Man' Clip twitter:description: Fooled once again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c55e22f3b5719e/69885b18428a9e1855cce2ec/ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Rudd Tricks Conan Again With Misleading _Ant-Man_ Clip by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 17, 2015 1:29 PM UTC  As its least noble superhero, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man brings warmth and pathos to the Marvel universe. As its least noble superhero, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man brings warmth and pathos to the Marvel universe.Marvel/Disney by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 17, 2015 1:29 PM UTC Paul Rudd has a longstanding tradition of faking Conan O’Brien out whenever he’s a guest of the late-night talk host to promote a new movie. Instead of sharing a clip from the film he’s actually in, he shows a clip from the 1988 _ET_\-like movie, _Mac and Me_. His appearance on the show Thursday night to promote _Ant-Man_ was no different, and Conan was tricked once again. _Ant-Man,_ the latest Marvel movie, opens in theaters Friday. Read director Peyton Reed’s thoughts on shooting the movie with Paul Rudd [here](http://time.com/3959733/ant-man-peyton-reed/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/"},"headline":"Paul Rudd Tricks Conan Again With Misleading Ant-Man Clip","datePublished":"2015-07-17T13:29:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:21:05.208Z","description":"Fooled once again","url":"https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/","keywords":["Television","paul rudd","ant-man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c55e22f3b5719e/69885b18428a9e1855cce2ec/ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01c55e22f3b5719e/69885b18428a9e1855cce2ec/ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel","caption":"ant-man-paul-rudd-marvel","creditText":"Marvel/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3962428/ant-man-paul-rudd-conan/","name":"Paul Rudd Tricks Conan Again With Misleading Ant-Man Clip"}}]}] ```