DEADPOOL 2 Writers Reveal That Cable's Convoluted Origin Story Won't Be Touched Upon In This Movie
In a new interview, Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese admit that Cable's bonkers origin story will be tweaked for Deadpool 2, while remaining "authentic and faithful" at the same time. Check it out.
As fans of the time-travelling mutant badass will be well aware, Cable has quite a head-melting, arguably overly-complicated origin story. Since the Merc with a Mouth revealed that the character was going to make his big-screen debut in the sequel during the post-credits scene of Deadpool, we've all been wondering how this would be addressed. Well, turns out it won't be!
Collider caught up with the film's screenwriters to quiz them about how they plan on handling Cable, and Paul Wernick had the following response:
"So with Cable, he’s got such a convoluted past, and such a convoluted origin story that I think we’re going to try to leave that, not mysterious, but there are a lot of twists and turns, cloning and all this stuff where you go, “Oh my God. How do we get that across in a two hour movie?” I think we’re going to distill him down to his essence. It will be authentic and faithful, but it’s not going to include the 18,000 details if you were going to read a Wikipedia page about Cable you’d roll your eyes"
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Rhett Reese reiterates that "authenticity is so important", and says the're definitely being faithful to the comic incarnation of Cable as much as possible - however, he also admits that it's been difficult to find the character's voice in a way because nobody's been cast in the role yet.
Some of you may take issue with Cable's origins being altered or possibly not even brought up at all, but it does sound like the smartest strategy for this particular character, and they could always revisit his backstory at a later date anyway.
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