DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Stills Confirm Another Multiversal Cameo As Ryan Reynolds Reveals Film's Original Premise

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Stills Confirm Another Multiversal Cameo As Ryan Reynolds Reveals Film's Original Premise

New Deadpool & Wolverine stills reveal another Multiversal cameo with ties to the X-Men franchise. We also have insights from Ryan Reynolds, director Shawn Levy, and returning Pyro actor Aaron Stanford.

By JoshWilding - Jul 02, 2024 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine
Source: Entertainment Weekly

With just a few weeks left until Deadpool & Wolverine slices its way into theaters across the globe, the Marvel Studios threequel has taken centre stage on Entertainment Weekly's latest digital cover.

A handful of stills have also been released and it's in those we catch sight of yet another Variant: Lady Deathstrike!

She can quite clearly be seen standing behind Cassandra Nova but doesn't appear to be played by X2: X-Men United star Kelly Hu. It's possible that's a stand-in who will be replaced in post-production but the Multiverse is a big place, and there's more than one Deathstrike out there. 

The site caught up with Ryan Reynolds and learned more about his early plans for Deadpool 3. "Literally, it was a $5 or $6 million budget with no special effects," he explains. "It was just a talkie-talkie road trip with me and [Karan Soni's character] Dopinder and some of the things we collected and saw along the way."

"It wasn't meant to be an event movie. If we're on our way to Point C, it was meant to just get us to Point B. That was the weirdest one. I liked it. I thought it was kind of fun."

When Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, plans changed and Shawn Levy - who confirms he was eyed to direct The Flash movie for "a brief moment in time" - came on board to direct. 

"We didn't want any of the cameos or characters to be the story of the movie," the filmmaker says of his approach to Deadpool & Wolverine. "But they are peppered in throughout. There's a lot of characters. The internet is a delight of rumors about the multitude of character cameos that are in this movie. Some rumors are true, some are way off base."

"Wade himself is a fan. Without giving anything away about the various universes the different characters live in. Because he's in some ways a fawning motormouthed little fanboy himself, it allows the movie to call out and reference a ton of deep-cut Marvel references."

Among those enlisted to return is Aaron Stanford, the actor who played Pyro in X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand.

"I was just very happy to even have a costume," he admits. "In the original X-Men films, Pyro gets really shortchanged in terms of a costume. In X2, we start off with Pyro in Xavier's School for Gifted Mutants. The SWAT team bursts in in the middle of the night and we have to flee. So for half the movie, I'm in my jammies."

"I never got the cool leather, tactical suit that all the X-Men wear," Stanford continued. "And in X3, I was just dressed in an ensemble from Hot Topic, basically. So to have him be in a proper superhero costume that was actually taken from the comics themselves was very cool."

You can check out those new Deadpool & Wolverine stills below. 

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vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 7/2/2024, 1:45 PM
All these cameos blinding the fanboys too much.

Have you seen that horrible wolverine in the fields scene??? Uurgh
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 7/2/2024, 1:57 PM
@vectorsigma - Fan service, a movie goers [frick] buddy and a comic book fans mean ass step dad
OptimusCrime
OptimusCrime - 7/2/2024, 1:45 PM
Megatron?
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/2/2024, 1:46 PM
Lady Deathstrike's death was dark af in X2:


F*cking love this movie, awesome action sequences that still stands the test of time, amazing ost too.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 7/2/2024, 2:18 PM
@Doomsday8888 - the only good X-men movie. A few others were ok.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/2/2024, 2:18 PM
@Doomsday8888 -
Never understood why they tried to treat her death as emotional with the angelic music.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/2/2024, 2:53 PM
@SummersEssex
Bullshit.

@Scarilian
Cause the only time she actually got her senses back and was "her" again is right before her death.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 7/2/2024, 2:53 PM
@Doomsday8888 - I know Logan killed her but she beat his ass during most of the fight. Just like when Mystique trashed Wolvie in part 1.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/2/2024, 3:02 PM
@Doomsday8888 - @Scarilian - Its kinda obvious why it was emotional. She wasn't actually evil only mind controlled by styrker. Wolverine also felt sorry for her given she could have been him.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/2/2024, 3:10 PM
@lazlodaytona
Indeed.

@TheRogue
Or he could've been her.
There's always been this subtext and subplot with Logan struggling with his inner demons, seeing himself as a weapon used by others, in X2 he was finding his way back, learning more about his origin, how he got his metal etc...

He was just...lucky he managed to escape that place but Deathstrike on the other hand...
hainesy
hainesy - 7/2/2024, 3:27 PM
@Doomsday8888 - The noise her head makes when it hits the bottom of the tank always gets me. That was a brutal death.
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 7/2/2024, 1:47 PM
Glup Shitto at last!
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 7/2/2024, 1:56 PM
I really hate fan service especially when it’s over down and unnecessary. I’m in the minority that absolutely hate No Way Home. But I am excited to see what happens. Like The Flash my excitement can diminish once I see how the film plays.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/2/2024, 3:25 PM
@BrotherQStark - As a fan I hate it when they service me. When the 'On your left' moment happened it was like a traumatic experience and the fan service just kept coming. That following hour was just relentless. I can't even watch NWH.

Stop servicing me Marvel, I can't... take it... anymoreaaaAAAAARRRGGH!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 7/2/2024, 1:58 PM
If it's an official still then I doubt it's a stand in. Definitley just a background presence, don't think this qualified as a 'cameo' as it's not the original actor.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 7/2/2024, 2:05 PM
This feels like Space Jam 2, with all these "cameos" of characters played by background actors. Its obvious thats not Kelly Hu and the actor playing Toad and some others aren't the original actors swell.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 7/2/2024, 2:07 PM
@valmic - Aswell*
TheRogue
TheRogue - 7/2/2024, 2:08 PM
@valmic - I thought it was confirmed that was kelly hu?
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 7/2/2024, 2:14 PM
@valmic - They're just variants. We probably won't even get close up shots of them during the fight. But the ones we do get a close up of and talking lines are going to be played by the OG actors.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 7/2/2024, 2:40 PM
@TheRogue - I dunno, thats def not her in that photo
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 7/2/2024, 2:08 PM
We knew about pyro
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/2/2024, 2:16 PM
"F**k *S**t... are we edgy now. Here, have a cameo. Watch our products so we can continue to destroy the characters you like while calling you racist/sexist/toxic" - Deadpool 3 by Disney.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 7/2/2024, 2:21 PM
Cool!!.

Wonder who else will make up Cassandra Nova’s army in this?.

I know that Azazel is part of it which makes me hope we get a standout action sequence with him versus Logan & Wade.

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WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 7/2/2024, 2:23 PM
If this is a recast, and not just a stand-in, I'm not sure how I feel about this. We already know that Tyler Mane is returning as Sabretooth, so I think that a combination of both reprisals and recasts confuses the whole thing.

And what's the point of having someone who audiences recognize if it's not, y'know... someone who audiences recognize?
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 7/2/2024, 2:28 PM
@WeaponXCII - The most recognisable thing about Deathstrike is her claws, that’s why we all know it’s her, and that’s why Joe Average who vaguely remembers watching X2 20 years ago won’t even realise it’s not some actor he’s never heard of reprising the role.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 7/2/2024, 2:42 PM
@WeaponXCII - It only matters if they have lines and part of the narrative, for background mutant the GA only needs someone who looks like a character they recall from decades ago not a greying hair 60yr old actor most probably don't recall the name of (sadly) reprising the role.

I don't mean that to sound ageist, but if playing on nostalgia SOMETIMES you need an iconic voice but oft only want the iconic look only you may not get if useing the same actor who has aged since last seen in the role (or may be unavailable/unwilling to return just for a cameo role). We also know Hollyweird DOES tend to be ageist, a male character/actor getting older between appearances is common, not so much with female characters/actors.

I am NOT saying I DON'T want the same actor in cameos, just that it is not needed in all cases esp when we may get more than one variant of some characters.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 7/2/2024, 2:26 PM
It’s a multiversal movie in a multiversal saga and you guys are complaining about variants/cameos. 🤦🏽‍♂️
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 7/2/2024, 2:32 PM
@FireandBlood - I would not want be as miserable as some of these folks who watch these things while worrying about completely trivial nonsense like "color grading".
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cubrn
cubrn - 7/2/2024, 9:09 PM
@FireandBlood - Even though the main criticism they had of Multiverse of Madness was not enough multiversal madness (I.E. cameos). Make it make sense.
micvalpro
micvalpro - 7/2/2024, 3:11 PM
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ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/2/2024, 3:44 PM
This is a really good article on the movie. It reminded me that this movie is really the culmination of Feige's greater Legacy. Endgame was the culmination of everything from Iron Man onwards, but this goes back to X-Men in 2000 and maybe even Blade in 1998.

I loved reading about how Kevin bought Jackman dinner after he failed his original Wolverine audition, instead of just putting him on a plane back home.
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