Early Deadpool and Wolverine drafts featured Ghost Rider and Ben Affleck's Daredevil, Ryan Reynolds confirms: "We did talk to Nic Cage"
Nov. 8, 2024Deadpool and Wolverine could’ve had more cameos
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TheDeadpool and Wolverine cameoscome thick and fast already, but, as it turns out, there could’ve been even more.
Deadpool and Wolverinesees Ryan Reynolds’s Merc with a Mouth team up with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, fighting to save the multiverse from Emma Corrin’sCassandra Nova.
The duo, though, might have had some more allies on their side, if certain things had worked out. Someconcept art from Rodney Fuentebella revealed that Ben Affleck’s Daredevil and Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Riderwere almost part of the line-up.
“They were in early drafts,” Reynolds toldEntertainment Weekly’s Awardist podcast. “We had versions of that [sequence], but then as it shook out, you’re sort of looking… We’re trying to make the movie responsibly, as well. It’s a big budget. It’s the biggest budget of any of the Deadpool movies, but you want to give yourself as much constraint, which really I think facilitates asymmetrical thinking and creativity. If you have too much time or too much money, it usually murders that kind of creativity. So, yeah, you’re shrinking things.”
“But we did talk to Nic Cage,” Reynolds added. “We tried to get him, but he was a no-go… I would’ve loved him.”
Ultimately, there are so many cameos in the movie – includingChanning Tatum as GambitandJennifer Garner as Elektra– that these two would’ve been a fun bonus, rather than essential appearances. Still, it would’ve been cool to see them onscreen again.
For more on theMarvel Phase 5movie, check out our verdict in theDeadpool and Wolverine review, our pieces on theDeadpool and Wolverine ending explainedand theDeadpool and Wolverine post-credits scene, or see what else Marvel has in store with our guide to all theupcoming Marvel movies and shows.
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