47 Fun Facts About Deadpool & Wolverine

Shawn Levy first directed Ryan Reynolds in which film, three years before Deadpool & Wolverine?

Free Guy came first, then The Adam Project, where Reynolds told Levy on set that he would make another Deadpool film if they did it together.

What job is Wade Wilson doing at the start of the film, having retired from being Deadpool?

Used-car salesman: turned down by the Avengers and dumped by Vanessa, Wade has hung up the suit and, six years on from Deadpool 2, sells cars in a bad hairpiece beside his old X-Force recruit Peter.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which MCU character rejects Wade's application to join the Avengers?

Happy Hogan does the rejecting alone because Robert Downey Jr. read the scene written for Tony Stark and passed; the writers only later learned he was coming back to Marvel as Doctor Doom.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which organisation's agents seize Wade Wilson at his own birthday party?

The Time Variance Authority, the timeline police introduced in Loki, haul him off to Mr. Paradox, who offers Wade a place among the Avengers' heroes while planning to let his own world die.

Who plays the scheming bureaucrat Mr. Paradox in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Matthew Macfadyen, of Succession, said Paradox is no villain, just a disgruntled functionary who wishes he were a supervillain instead of someone stuck monitoring timelines.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which machine does Mr. Paradox plan to use to hasten the death of Wade's universe?

The Time Ripper is meant to 'mercy kill' a timeline that could take thousands of years to fade; Wade and Logan wreck it together and survive only by sharing the blast.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, what does Mr. Paradox call someone whose death dooms a universe?

An anchor being holds its universe together, Paradox explains: Wade's world, Earth-10005, the home of Fox's X-Men films, began to wither when Logan died in 2017's Logan.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, how does Mr. Paradox describe the Logan that Wade brings back?

The worst Wolverine in the multiverse, Paradox says: this Logan failed his whole world, and the film tells that backstory through sound alone, never showing it, so the focus stays on what haunts him.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, what is the wasteland at the end of time where Mr. Paradox dumps Wade and Logan?

The Void came from the Loki series, cloud monster Alioth included; its opening brawl was shot in summer and finished in winter, so the effects team had to make the two halves match.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, who is the villain Cassandra Nova?

Charles Xavier's twin sister is a telepath like her brother; the part was played with a polite, unnerving charm modelled on Christoph Waltz's Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.

Which Marvel villain did the makers of Deadpool & Wolverine say they 'flirted with' before landing on Cassandra Nova?

Mephisto, Marvel's devil, has been tipped by fans for an MCU debut ever since WandaVision; the director said the story went through many 'almost' versions before Cassandra Nova won out.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which Fox-era hero does Chris Evans play after audiences are led to expect Captain America?

Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, is the Fantastic Four hothead Evans played in 2005 and 2007; he said yes at once when Reynolds texted to ask if he'd reprise 'something from 20 years ago'.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, Cassandra Nova's base is built into the giant remains of which Marvel character?

Ant-Man, or rather his giant skeleton and suit, houses her base, and Deadpool name-checks actor Paul Rudd on seeing it; the effects team extended the set digitally to complete the colossal figure.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which actor finally plays Gambit after his own solo film was never made?

Channing Tatum spent a decade trying to make a Gambit film at Fox and met some 25 would-be directors, Shawn Levy among them; a deleted scene Reynolds later posted shows his Gambit finding a way out alive.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, who returns as Blade, twenty years after Blade: Trinity?

Wesley Snipes and Reynolds had not been in close touch since Blade: Trinity in 2004; because another studio owns the old films, his black leather coat was off limits and a new costume had to be made.

Which actress returns as Elektra in Deadpool & Wolverine, having first played her in 2003's Daredevil?

Jennifer Garner played coy about the rumours for months; the film's joke about her divorce from Ben Affleck, her Daredevil co-star, was scripted and run past her before it went in.

Who plays Laura, or X-23, in Deadpool & Wolverine, reprising her role from Logan?

Dafne Keen lied in interview after interview while promoting The Acolyte, crediting Andrew Garfield as her inspiration; Marvel put her in the final trailer after she asked to attend the premiere.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which returning X-Men film villain betrays Cassandra Nova on Mr. Paradox's behalf?

Pyro, played again by Aaron Stanford from X2 and The Last Stand, is her second-in-command until he turns on her; shortchanged for outfits in those films, Stanford was 'very happy to even have a costume'.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, what do Wade and Logan use to block Cassandra's powers?

Juggernaut's helmet shuts her powers off until Wade takes it away again; Vinnie Jones, who wore it in X-Men: The Last Stand, said he was asked back but no deal could be struck.

Which Madonna song scores the fight against the army of Deadpool variants?

Like a Prayer took a personal pitch: Reynolds and Levy showed Madonna the scene, and her single note sent them back into a recording session within 48 hours.

Which NSYNC song plays over the opening-credits fight in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Bye Bye Bye got such a lift that NSYNC renamed its official video to credit the film; the dance moves under the mask belonged to Nick Pauley, not Ryan Reynolds.

Who plays Dogpool in Deadpool & Wolverine?

A dog named Peggy, a pug cross who had won the title of Britain's ugliest dog, did her own stunts and jumps; only touches such as Dogpool's goggles were added digitally.

Which True Detective star voices the masked Cowboypool in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Matthew McConaughey sent in his recording days after Reynolds, who had voiced the part himself in early cuts, agreed to step aside only for 'someone like Matthew McConaughey'.

Which Superman actor cameos as a Wolverine variant in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Henry Cavill said yes right away, the director recalled; Reynolds coined the name 'the Cavillrine' for him and had fixed on the idea very early in the writing.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, which hero is a brown-costumed Wolverine variant about to fight?

The Hulk appears as a reflection in the variant's claws, echoing a famous comic-book cover; the two first fought in the 1974 issue that gave Wolverine his full debut.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, the two heroes stage a long, savage brawl inside which minivan?

Honda Odyssey: the director wanted a fight in the most cramped space he could find, so it was shot inside a real one, not an oversized set, with panels cut away to fit the cameras.

According to Ryan Reynolds, what was Deadpool & Wolverine going to be called until a leak drew fan complaints?

Deadpool & Friend leaked on the eve of the Super Bowl trailer, Reynolds said, insisting he was 'actually not joking'; fans hated it, and the film was announced under its real title the next day.

Ryan Reynolds once pitched a Deadpool and Wolverine road trip told in the style of which Akira Kurosawa film?

Rashomon tells one story through clashing accounts, and Reynolds wanted three such viewpoints; Marvel's Kevin Feige turned the pitch down before Jackman's call changed everything.

Watching Deadpool in 2016, Hugh Jackman pictured a team-up with Ryan Reynolds modelled on which Eddie Murphy buddy film?

48 Hrs., with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy, was all he could see 20 minutes into the screening, but he kept to his plan to retire as Wolverine and took six more years to make the call.

Hugh Jackman was starring in which Broadway show when he phoned Ryan Reynolds to ask about returning as Wolverine?

The Music Man gave him a week off in August 2022, and he rang Reynolds from his car; once the show closed he trained for six months on as much as 8,000 calories a day.

In Deadpool & Wolverine, why does Logan wear the yellow suit?

As penance for his X-Men, all dead: they had begged him to wear the team's colours and he refused, so he wears the suit now much as a mourner wears black, its makers said.

The one line Disney asked to be changed in Deadpool & Wolverine was a crude joke naming which character?

Mickey Mouse featured in a line calling Disney 'so cheap', in terms too crude for the studio; asked to clean it up, the makers swapped in an equally rude gag about Pinocchio.

Which young actor missed out on voicing Kidpool in Deadpool & Wolverine when puberty deepened his voice?

Walker Scobell had played Ryan Reynolds's younger self in The Adam Project and was the obvious pick, but he grew too tall and his voice dropped; Reynolds's daughter Inez voiced Kidpool instead.

Whose suggestion led to the ending briefly hiding whether Deadpool and Wolverine survived?

Blake Lively, Reynolds's wife and the voice of Ladypool, said she wanted to 'sit in the fear that they're lost', so a day and a half of reshoots held back the reveal that both heroes survive.

Which It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star filmed a cameo for Deadpool & Wolverine that was cut?

Rob McElhenney, who bought Wrexham A.F.C. with Reynolds, played a masked agent; Reynolds said he was 'mortified' to drop his friend's scene, but the sequence wasn't working.

Which earlier MCU film supplied the archive footage of a weeping Thor cradling Deadpool in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Thor: The Dark World supplied it: in the 2013 original he is weeping over the apparently dying Loki, and the reworked shot was first seen in footage screened at CinemaCon.

Deadpool & Wolverine beat which film's Disney R-rated record?

Pretty Woman, released through Disney's Touchstone label, kept the studio's R-rated record until Deadpool & Wolverine earned more in its opening weekend than the romcom had in its whole North American run.

Deadpool & Wolverine overtook which film in August 2024 to become the highest-grossing R-rated release up to then?

Joker had been the first R-rated film to reach $1 billion; Deadpool & Wolverine became the second and overtook it, weeks before Joker's own sequel opened and stumbled.

Deadpool & Wolverine's Super Bowl teaser drew 365 million views in a day, beating which film's trailer record?

Spider-Man: No Way Home had set the mark at 355.5 million in 2021; the new teaser was helped by a Super Bowl that was then the most-watched US telecast on record.

What was Deadpool & Wolverine's viral popcorn bucket shaped like?

Wolverine's head with a gaping mouth: Kevin Feige had promised a bucket that was 'intentionally crude and lewd', his answer to the Dune: Part Two sandworm bucket that went viral months earlier.

Which film starring Ryan Reynolds's wife ran second at the box office behind his Deadpool & Wolverine in August 2024?

It Ends with Us made its star and Reynolds the first married couple to hold the top two spots since 1990, when Bruce Willis's Die Hard 2 sat beside Demi Moore's Ghost, which went on to earn far more.

Which Formula One team raced in Deadpool & Wolverine livery at the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix?

Alpine had sold a 24% stake in 2023 to an investor group that included Ryan Reynolds, and at Spa its two drivers wore Deadpool and Wolverine designs to match the black-and-red cars.

For one Deadpool & Wolverine fight, the director showed his stunt team Luke and Vader's duel from which Star Wars film?

Return of the Jedi was a film he saw again and again as a boy; telling his team 'this is the Jedi moment', he restudied how its throne-room duel was framed, blocked and paced.

What shut down the Deadpool & Wolverine shoot exactly halfway through?

The actors' strike began with 35 days shot and 35 to go; Disney paid to keep the sets standing, and the director spent the four-month break editing what he had.

Who composed the original score for Deadpool & Wolverine?

Rob Simonsen got the job after scoring The Adam Project for the same director; the first two films had gone to Junkie XL and Tyler Bates, and his main theme here is titled 'LFG'.

Who plays Cassandra Nova, the lead villain of Deadpool & Wolverine?

Emma Corrin was cast after the director saw them on stage in Orlando, and went to that first meeting knowing nothing: Marvel, they said, 'couldn't tell me anything about it'.

Which Wolverine variant does Hugh Jackman play as a gambler in a white tuxedo in Deadpool & Wolverine?

Patch is the alias Wolverine uses in the comics to go undercover in a white suit, where nobody seems to recognise him despite the famous hair; the film finds him at a card table.