After he "lived in fear" of on-set leaks, Ryan Reynolds had a surprisingly straightforward plan to stop Deadpool and Wolverine spoilers from getting out: "Everyone runs for cover"

Nov. 16, 2024

“We never had to actually deploy that little tactic, but I lived in fear”

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Ryan Reynolds has revealed the plan to stop Deadpool and Wolverine’s biggest spoilers from leaking on set.

“I was so fucking scared that people would see [Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner, and Dafne Keen]. Genuinely, it kept me up at night,” Reynolds said on the Deadpool and Wolverine director’s commentary of the Ant Man Arena’s big fight scene involving Blade, Gambit, Elektra, and X-23/Laura taking on Cassandra Nova’s minions.

“We managed to lock the area off enough and we had a plan in place if anyone saw a drone – because oftentimes they got images via drone. If anyone saw a drone, we would yell it out and basically everyone runs for cover. We never had to actually deploy that little tactic, but I lived in fear of this coming out.”

Director Shawn Levy added, “We took the chances of paparazzi and spoilers because if this were all on a soundstage, I promise you this wouldn’t feel as gritty and this real.”

Thankfully, it all worked out in the end. Barringone curious marketing tacticthat revealed X-23’s arrival before release, the biggestDeadpool and Wolverine cameoswere kept well and truly under wraps until the Marvel movie made it to cinema.

Deadpool and Wolverine may have finished its run in cinemas, but that doesn’t mean The Merc with the Mouth is done yet. Ryan Reynolds even returned as Deadpool fora very un-Disney-like dick jokein a newDisneyPlus promo, and he also sharedan “abandoned” scenealongside Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine – featuring a Jean Grey name-drop.

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