Wolverine Wades Further into Deadpool

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 23, 2009

Deadpool

Now see, this title is very clever for two big reasons. “Deadpool” has the word pool in it, and you wade into those. Also, the character of Deadpool, his real name is Wade. Could I be any more clever? It is not clever in the fact that I guess technically, Deadpool would be wading further into Wolverine, but that just sounds… Icky. Anyway, onto the good news: Those reshoots in Vancouver apparently entailed former skinny comedy actor turned action hunk Ryan Reynolds filming a decent amount of Deadpool footage, including some mano a mano time with Wolverine. This information comes to us courtesy of IESB.net, who got the heads up from a reader.

This is clearly good news for Deadpool fans, a number in which I include myself. If you hop in the way-back machine, you may recall some rumblings that if the character was well received, Deadpool could get his own merc-with-a-mouth spinoff. So if they decide your character is cool enough to add more footage of you to a huge summer blockbuster, I take it that means they’re enjoying the character.

For the uninitiated in the world of Deadpool, the basics are this – he is artificially given a healing power similar to Wolverine’s, which also increases his stamina and strength. Add to that a whole lot of martial arts training, a love of violence, about four dozen guns and a few sharp swords and you’ve got half the picture. The rest of it comes in the form of black-humor, a willingness to crack jokes while killing, and a proclivity for breaking the fourth wall, at least in the comics. To succinctly put it, imagine if Spider-Man was an ass-kicking, murdering mercenary ninja, with a darker sense of humor. Bad. Ass.

Are you now more excited or less excited for Wolverine?


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  • Ryan
    hehe. Sorry the whole Wade and wade thing kept me distracted from the rest of the article.
  • He better get disfigured in the movie. I think Ryan Reynolds is a good choice, but Deadpool ain't no pretty boy.
  • David G
    I think we wont be let down, since Reynolds isnt afraid to hide behind prosthetics. He put on a fat suit for Just Friends. "And I swear, by the moon and the stars and the sky!..."
  • Tom Rothman of Fox indicates that there was a lot of CGI involved around Deadpool, which I think means that Wade Wilson will get scarred during the film. Whether the CGI is just used to show the scarring happen or whether it will be used like a skin texture applied over Reynolds face for the rest of his appearances is unknown.
  • Patrick Ramser
    Ugh. I would really rather see Ryan Reynolds in make-up or some sort of prosthetic, than I would in CGI as a disfigured Wade Wilson. I've always been a huge Deadpool fan and as soon as I heard Ryan was going to play the role I immediately jumped for joy. For me, as long as they get the scarring right, I think the character will be gold.
  • I am a goat.
  • It may seem like blasphemy, but the scarring isn'ta huge deal to me, at least not yet. There have been times when Deadpool was "cured" of his horrible scarring and he also utilized holographic projections. If it looks good, great. If it looks bad, I'd rather it not be there (for now). Deadpool is one of the few characters that almost always keeps his mask on. The X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman, etc, those guys all have normal alter-egos or appearances (ok, so a few X-Men don't) but Deadpool is the guy in the mask, period.
  • hage
    ditto robertfure!
  • Jon
    Deadpool needs to have the mask on, but I believe he will. They'll probably do the scarring thing too.

    See, I believe they really are planning on doing the Deadpool spinoff. Why else expand Deadpool's role in an already convoluted film? Why else cast someone like Reynolds for the role if the character was destined for a quick cameo and nothing else? I'm even more excited about this now then I was before. Ryan Reynolds is the PERFECT choice for Wade.

    Did anyone else notice in the latest Wolverine trailer that there is a brief scene with Wolverine fighting with someone looking like a ninja in a red and black suit? I think JoBlo posted the stills from this shot, and it looks like Deadpool, mask and all. I'm really hoping Deadpool and Wolverine throw down for a bit, both having to use their healing factors big time!

    Any of you Deadpool fans seen Hulk Vs Wolverine? I thought Deadpool was well done in that. Very funny.
  • ajc19
    watched wolverine trailer again on apple. towards the end there's maybe a point 5 second clip of jackman fighting a topless, skinhead ninja with swords (who looks pretty scarred up if you pause it right).
    i'm thinking this is deadpool after the byzantine procedure but before the badass costume. i'm also thinking reynolds will play the part like his his annoying, cocky character in blade trinity.
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