Ryan Reynolds Nearly Killed Deadpool—Should He Have?

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Until he’s ninety years old, actor Ryan Reynolds brought Deadpool to life in 2016 after playing the character without a mouth in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He essentially restarted the character with an R-rated, true-to-comic movie seven years later. In 2018’s Deadpool 2, Reynolds’ version of the Mouthy Merc eliminated the Deadpool from the Origins timeline using Cable’s (Josh Brolin) time-travel gadget, and he almost wiped out the Fox X-Men movie universe – Earth-10055 – in last year’s Deadpool & Wolverine.

The agent from the Time Variance Authority, portrayed by Matthew Macfadyen, aimed to hasten the demise of Deadpool’s original universe, which was deteriorating due to the death of its central figure: Wolverine played by Hugh Jackman in the 2017 film Logan. In an attempt to save his own reality, Deadpool enlisted a version of Wolverine that accurately depicted the character from the comics. This led to Deadpool preventing X-Man from self-destructing to eliminate the Time-Ripper. However, instead of letting X-Man perish, Deadpool chose to make a selfless sacrifice himself. In the end, the characters with healing abilities (and the influence of Madonna) survived and thrived.

Interestingly enough, Reynolds initially pondered over the idea of killing off the Regenerating Degenerate in both the final scenes of Deadpool 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine.

I’ve often found myself pondering the idea of taking out Deadpool, as I shared with Scott Mendelson on The Box Office Podcast. The final act of our last film was a real challenge; my team (Shane Reid, Dean Zimmerman, and director Sean Levy) and I spent an astonishing 45 days refining it. It was Rob Simonson who proved instrumental in helping us achieve the desired outcome by skillfully blending music, scoring, needle drops, and various other techniques that ultimately created the emotional impact we were striving for.

Disney, having obtained the rights for Deadpool along with X-Men and Fantastic Four through their purchase of 20th Century Fox in 2019, opted not to end Deadpool’s life in the movie that introduced him to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The star and producer noted, “It would be entertaining to collaborate with this individual in the future.” He’s like a secret weapon, or a cheat code in a game, they explained. You can express thoughts that others might be thinking, and it gets you out of difficult situations, making him quite useful for that reason. However, I also enjoy playing the character, and I feel incredibly free while doing so; it’s as if I’m doing comedy under a mask, using my entire body, voice, and even subtle facial expressions hidden beneath the mask.

It remains unclear if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman will reprise their roles as Deadpool and Wolverine in the upcoming films, “Avengers: Doomsday” in 2026 and/or “Avengers: Secret Wars” in 2027. These movies have already confirmed a roster of nearly 30 actors, including Channing Tatum (known for playing Gambit), Patrick Stewart (Professor Charles Xavier), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), and Kelsey Grammer (Beast) who are all from the Fox’s “X-Men” movie series.

Mark your calendars, fellow movie enthusiasts! It’s officially confirmed that I, as a die-hard Avengers fan, can look forward to catching “Avengers: Doomsday” on the big screen come December 18, 2026. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, the sequel, titled “Avengers: Secret Wars,” is set for release a year later on December 17, 2027. Can’t wait!

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2025-05-26 05:10