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Ryan Reynolds Originally Planned to Kill Wade Wilson in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE — GeekTyrant

Deadpool & Wolverine was such a fun flick. It brought joy back, not only to Marvel fans, but to moviegoers, who hadn't had a whole lot of great choices since the pandemic. It was hilarious and action-packed, and one of the coolest parts was seeing the old and new characters on screen we had been hoping for. It made us excited to see what the future would hold for each of the comic book characters on screen, with the title characters leading the misfit crew. But unbeknownst to viewers, we almost lost Wade Wilson in the movie, for good. In a recent interview with Scott Mendelson on The Box Office podcast (via CBM), Ryan Reynolds admitted that he considered bringing an end to Deadpool's misadventures in the MCU just as they were getting started. "There's always the thought of killing Deadpool in the last one. Again, it's like listening to the movie. Me, Shane Reid, Dean Zimmerman, and Shawn Levy must have reworked that third act for 45 days straight. Finally figuring it out — I am such a needle-drop person, but I'm really working hard to embrace score. It was Rob Simonsen who really helped us get there by blending score, needle drop, and all these things that gave you that feeling we were working for. "Studios are like, of course, it'd be fun to play around with this guy in the future, because he's a cheat code," the actor continued. "He can say things that everyone might be thinking, and it gets you out of trouble." He'd later point out that he was ultimately happy Disney didn't let him kill Deadpool because he "loves playing him." There have also been rumors that, along with Zazie Beetz as Domino, Reynolds' Deadpool and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine have already been spotted on the Avengers: Doomsday set. This has not been confirmed, and they may have also been stand-ins or stuntmen, so we will just have to wait and see, though no one would be too surprised to see these fan-favorite characters featured in the film. Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars scheduled to arrive on December 17, 2026.