During the buildup to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' release, multiple rumors relating to various cameos did the rounds. Some were believable (and proved to be accurate), others not so much, but one of the more outlandish theories actually gained traction thanks to the movie's first teaser poster.
Fans became convinced that they spotted Deadpool in one of the glass shards, and this gave way to some of the usual suspects claiming that The Merc With a Mouth was indeed set to make his MCU debut in Sam Raimi's sequel.
Of course, ol' Wade never showed his ugly mug in the movie, but writer Michael Waldron has now confirmed that the idea was discussed.
"Yeah, we talked about it," Waldron admitted when asked about the rumor during an interview with ComicBook.com "I think we talked about everything in this movie. So, [it] would've been crazy to not raise that, but it ultimately didn't feel like... It just didn't feel the right place. But yeah, of course we talked about it."
In The Multiverse of Madness did feature a few surprise cameos, but didn't turn out to be the full-on exploration of alternate MCU realities many fans were expecting, so, in hindsight, an appearance from Deadpool probably would have felt a little forced.
Ryan Reynolds' Merc With a Mouth will be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Deadpool 3, but we still have no idea how that's going to be accomplished.
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