DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Director Talks "Cavillrine," Daredevil Cameo, Blade, Gambit, & More In Spoiler Interview

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Director Talks "Cavillrine," Daredevil Cameo, Blade, Gambit, & More In Spoiler Interview

Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy breaks down many of the movie's biggest cameos, talks Henry Cavill's MCU debut as Wolverine, whether Ben Affleck was lined up for a cameo appearance, and more...

By JoshWilding - Aug 05, 2024 12:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine
Source: Variety

Following two record-breaking weekends in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine's cast and crew are finally free to talk spoilers! In a lengthy interview with Variety, director Shawn Levy started by revealing how Wesley Snipes' return as Blade happened. 

Crediting Ryan Reynolds with reaching out to the actor, the filmmaker said it came down to the desire to "explore themes of legacy, characters and their endings" and give the Daywalker the send-off he never received.

He added, "Wesley has not played Blade in a long time. He and Ryan have not been in close touch in a very long time. But we made clear to Wesley that this was not going for a joke. This was out of reverence for his legacy as this iconic character."

Snipes' return as Blade was no joke, but he did drop a pretty hilarious line about there only ever being one Blade (a reference to the troubled journey to theaters the reboot starring Mahershala Ali has had). 

"That was a scripted line, and Wesley thought it was hysterical," Levy confirmed. "We tried a bunch of reactions from Deadpool but ultimately went with that eyebrows-raised-Deadpool-fourth-wall-breaking look."

The Deadpool & Wolverine director then shifted gears to discuss Channing Tatum's Gambit debut, confirming he was among those who met with the actor about helming the ill-fated solo movie while it was stuck in development hell at 20th Century Fox. 

"When we decided to have Gambit in this movie, we knew it would be deeply gratifying for Channing," Levy tells the trade. "We had scripted a lot of those borderline nonsensical lines. We wrote them into the screenplay. But then Channing added a lot of Cajun and French flavor. When Deadpool kept saying 'That’s not a word. Who is your dialect coach...the Minions?' that was very much all of us on set. We absolutely loved it."

Levy also confirmed the jokes about Hugh Jackman's divorce and Elektra's playful jab at Daredevil (which alluded to her real-life former marriage to Ben Affleck) "wouldn’t be in the movie if Hugh and Jen didn’t think they were funny."

As for whether Affleck was ever approached about suiting up as the Man Without Fear again, he only said, "Early on, when we were looking at a 70-name menu of Marvel characters, Daredevil was on one of those lists, but never since those earliest of conversations, and never to the point of outreach or offers or anything like that."

"We made contact with everyone featured in the Fox tribute reel halfway through our end credits — and that’s dozens of actors who have been a part of that legacy," Levy continued. "There was a brief conversation about, 'Should we do the Vinnie Jones’ Juggernaut? Should we do a CGI juggernaut?' Ultimately, we thought that we had enough bringbacks in Aaron Stanford, Tyler, Jen and Wesley that we thought, 'Let’s do another variant [with a different actor] and keep it non-CGI.' So we used Aaron Reed, who plays Dude in 'Free Guy.'"

Finally, Levy addressed perhaps Deadpool & Wolverine's biggest cameo by revealing how Henry Cavill ended up playing a Wolverine Variant in the movie. 

"If we’re going to talk about him, we must call him by his actual credited name, the Cavillerine, which Ryan coined. I knew it was undeniable as soon as Ryan came up with that term. He said 'yes' right away because he knew it would be subversive and playful. It was also with a lot of affection for him and his body of work, and playing with his legacy as a DC hero now that he’s appearing as a variant of a Marvel hero."

Stay tuned for more Deadpool & Wolverine spoiler talk later today.

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elgaz
elgaz - 8/5/2024, 12:18 PM
Not much point adding the red 'spoiler' tag in headline with a full on photo of Cavill's cameo.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/5/2024, 12:30 PM
@elgaz - to be fair, even Henry posted an image of himself as Wolvie on IG. The cat's out of the bag now.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 8/5/2024, 1:25 PM
@elgaz -
At a certain point if you haven't seen the movie shame on you.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/5/2024, 12:20 PM
I'm very happy that DPvWolvie is doing great.

Can we possibly get a rest from these same, convoluted articles that basically says (in caveman talk): movie is good
Lots of men and women in tights.

Let's go watch King Kong at home.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/5/2024, 12:20 PM
I'd watch the shit out of a "Old Blade" film with Snipes returning. He was maybe my favorite part of DP3.

I'd also watch the shit out of Mahershala as Blade but I worry with how many writers they've brought in and axed that it may end up a mess when it finally gets put to film. You would think a Blade film starring Ali in the title role vs Dracula would be a film that almost writes itself.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/5/2024, 12:22 PM
I guess you guys will choose to make ANOTHER article about Cavillrine...
Vigor
Vigor - 8/5/2024, 12:30 PM
@Doomsday8888 - cavillrine felt more wolverine to me than any iteration of hugh jackman

Sorry is that sacrilege to say ?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 8/5/2024, 12:35 PM
@Vigor
Not at all! :)

Matter of fact, let me raise a glass to that!


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Vigor
Vigor - 8/5/2024, 12:57 PM
@Doomsday8888 - I deserve that
Forthas
Forthas - 8/5/2024, 12:32 PM
He should be Superman!

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Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 1:05 PM
@Forthas - But he's not, and he never will be. Acceptance is the last stage of mourning . . .
Forthas
Forthas - 8/5/2024, 1:19 PM
@clintthahamster - But he should be....

"...and he never will be."

Are you sure????

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/how-the-flash-revived-michael-keaton-batman/
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 2:00 PM
@Forthas - He will never be the mainline Superman, but of course he could return as "old Superman" at some point, if Gunn's foolish enough to get into all that multiverse rigamarole that everyone's so tired of.
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/5/2024, 12:35 PM
That's why i choose to watch this movie right away. 2 weeks and everything is out. I knew it was going to happen but it's been only 2 weeks. And everything is out. Can't blame the actors though. I think everybody want to know how did it come to this.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/5/2024, 12:42 PM
I love how while they took some playful jabs that it moreso a love letter not just to the Fox-verse but pretty much the pre-MCU Marvel films in general…

Regardless of how one feels about them , they paved the way for what we have today so without them we may not be here so I appreciate and respect them atleast for that.

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Also interesting comments in regard to Juggernaut…

I wouldn’t be surprised if they had gone to Vinnie Jones beforehand but he asked for more money this they abandoned that idea and went with Aaron Reed as the variant that was definitely based off of his version.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 1:05 PM
@TheVisionary25 - What is that photo in the upper left-hand corner?
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/5/2024, 1:11 PM
@clintthahamster - Generation X

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Ghoul
Ghoul - 8/5/2024, 1:31 PM
@TheVisionary25 - from what I read that’s exactly what happened. Vinnie Jones asked for too much money and ultimately didn’t really want to put the prosthetics on again and the suit so he didn’t have a hard time passing. I was cool with the variant - that whole group wasn’t in it enough for that cameo to be a make or break thing. Worked for me
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 1:45 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Oh man, yeah, I keep forgetting that that was a thing.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 8/5/2024, 1:11 PM
It was quite a bummer to see gambit be made a mockery of.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 1:49 PM
@TheNewYorker - I know he's a lot of folks favorite, but also . . . he is pretty ridiculous. I saw it with my best friend, both avid readers of all the X-books in the late-80s/early-90s, and we were ROLLING.
TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 8/5/2024, 1:58 PM
@clintthahamster - Totally get the portrayal for humor purposes. It just would’ve been really nice to see a cool version.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/5/2024, 2:02 PM
@TheNewYorker - He did whip some ass in that last fight scene, but I get what you're saying. Tatum looked AND sounded absurd in the role, actually made me glad that his adaptation never got off the ground.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 8/5/2024, 1:20 PM
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ObserverIO - 8/5/2024, 4:55 PM
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