Fan Casting Porcupine in Edgar Wright's Astonishing Ant-Man

A decade ago, Alexander Gentry was an engineer for a weapon manufacturer who designed a needle delivery system for tranquilizers that could be worn on the forearms. His employers, however, didn't see the use and so shelved the project. Upset that his work was being passed over, he designed a battlesuit patterned after the porcupine which incorporated his needle-shooters, as well as a commercial exoskeleton. After destroying his work on the corporate computers, Gentry tendered his resignation from the company. Initially intending to sell the suit design to the military, SHIELD, or AIM, he was quickly turned down by all buyers. Deciding to give them a demonstration of its capabilities, as well as realizing he had exhausted his savings and had racked up a lot of credit card debt while building the suit, he donned the suit and, calling himself the Porcupine, robbed a bank, only to be taken down by Spectra of the Midwest based team known as the Rust Belters prior to their disbanding and most members retiring. After spending several years in prison, Gentry discovered he was even more in debt than before (due to accruing interest on his debts). Instead of robbing banks, he decided to crash an exclusive Chicago one-percenter party hosted by Vernon van Dyne, co-owner of Dynatechnics, while in the suit, intending to force the patrons to hand over their cash and jewelry. Unfortunately for the Porcupine, Vernon's daughter Janet and her boyfriend, Dr. Hank Pym – secretly the adventurers Wasp and Ant-Man – were in attendance. Although he was defeated by the Diminutive Duo, the Porcupine managed to evade capture.