Deadpool has been having an amazing run at the box office, accumulating upwards of 300+ million and counting. In a revealing interview with Empire, star Ryan Reynolds reveals that two iconic characters from the comics were almost featured in the film! Who are these two characters? Let Mr. Pool explain:
Taskmaster was in the script, originally. Too expensive… We had versions where we wanted Hugh Jackman in there, we wanted all kinds of little cameos from different people, but it just becomes a big mess you know, for the studio.
Well, as you can see, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine was supposed to feature in the film as well as Taskmaster. Jackman and Reynolds previous stated when Deadpool was gearing up to start filming that a Wolverine cameo or appearance was all up to scheduling, but it appears that budget was one of the main reasons blocking Jackman from making a cameo in Deadpool. So that's where the 7 million in cuts went to...
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