History Trivia / Deadpool2016

* CharacterCelebrityEndorsement: Ryan Reynolds appears in-character as Deadpool in [[http://hellogiggles.com/deadpool-raising-awareness-cancer/ a video raising awareness for testicular cancer.]]

** While being experimented on, Wade begs the scientists working on him not to give him a [[Film/GreenLantern green, animated costume]]. Speaking of, this is the second time Ryan Reynolds plays a comic-book character who's love interest in the movie [[spoiler: gains super powers and becomes his enemy in the comics. She eventually gets better but they are no longer lovers]].

* BrokenStreak: This is the first movie in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' where neither Wolverine nor Professor X appear in the flesh. At most, both are mentioned, and Wade wears a cutout of Creator/HughJackman's face as a mask.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** An earlier draft of the film surfaced online, and while similar to the finished film, did not feature Angel Dust or Negasonic Teenage Warhead. Additionally, Garrison Kane, Wyre, and Sluggo were all supposed to appear as Ajax's enforcers. Due to budgetary issues (with the CGI required for Kane's cybernetic arms proving especially expensive), the three villains were [[CompositeCharacter combined]] into Angel Dust, who takes Sluggo's place as the one who fights Colossus during the final battle.
** Director Tim Miller has said the tone shifted several times in development, with the studio looking for a PG rating at one point.
** The Colossus role was offered to Daniel Cudmore, the actor who played the character in ''[[Film/X2XMenUnited X2]]'', ''[[Film/XMenTheLastStand The Last Stand]]'', and ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Days of Future Past]]'', but he turned it down. Cudmore was unhappy with the idea of only doing [[SerkisFolk motion capture work]] while another actor dubbed over his lines.
** Miller and the writers considered having Cannonball as the teenage X-Men member partnered with Colossus, with Miller saying he would have been written as a "stupid hick" character. They decided to use Negasonic Teenage Warhead instead, as they felt Cannonball was too silly to work as a StraightMan to Colossus and Deadpool.
*** Related to this, the writers would have originally had to have Negasonic Teenage Warhead's power set be more similar to the comics, as they did not have the rights to change it at first. What did they do? They went to [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios]] to ask permission for this to happen. [[ContrivedCoincidence By sheer coincidence]], Marvel themselves had wanted to use certain characters[[note]]namely, Ego the Living Planet, who Creator/JamesGunn had wanted to use as Star-Lord's father in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''[[/note]] that Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox had the rights to. It worked out well in the end: Marvel got the rights to Ego, while Fox could change NTW's power set.
** Early drafts of the script featured a joke where it would have been revealed that Deadpool's mask was actually a store-bought Franchise/SpiderMan mask that had been turned inside out. This was presumably cut due to potential legal issues (as Spider-Man's film rights are owned by Creator/{{Sony}}).
** There was going to be a RunningGag involving Wade and the other bar patrons betting money on how Music/AmyWinehouse would die. This was cut because Winehouse actually ''did die'' sometime after the script was written, making the joke both irrelevant and possibly insensitive.
** Patch originally appeared in the script as a bartender, and would have been strangled to death by Wyre when Ajax and his men stormed the bar. His role was ultimately given to Weasel.
** There was going to be a SequelHook revealing that Ajax was actually just a puppet working for Doctor Killebrew, the [[TheManBehindTheMan real mastermind behind the experiments that mutated Wade]].
** ComicBook/{{Cable}} almost made it into the movie, but it was decided that his introduction would work better in a [[SavedForTheSequel sequel]].
** The gag involving the Deadpool action figure from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and the [[Music/GeorgeMichael WHAM!]] album was originally slightly different, and was more of a TakeThat.
** There were plans for cameos from various other X-Men, including Creator/HughJackman as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, but the studio denied all of them for being too expensive.
** The original plan for the stinger was yet another CallBack with Deadpool finding Beast shitting on his lawn and chasing him off. They even went so far as to approach Nicholas Hoult, who absolutely ''loved'' the idea, but again it proved too expensive.
** ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} was in the script at one point, but like the above instances, was cut for being too expensive, especially since Marvel still owns the rights for him.
** Bob was originally meant to be the actual Bob from HYDRA, but a combination of the film's limited budget and possible legal action from Marvel forced the writers to take out any explicit references to HYDRA.
** The writers and director had to figure out how to trim $7 million out of the film's budget in 48 hours, or else production couldn't begin. While in most instances this is a sign of a TroubledProduction (especially given the production troubles of ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', filmed around the same time), everyone thought the changes made the movie much tighter. The deletions they made included:
*** The condensing of Wyre, Garrison Kane, and Sluggo down into Angel Dust.
*** A motorcycle chase between Ajax and Deadpool.
*** A pitched gun battle at the scrapyard, which was solved by introducing the RunningGag of [[spoiler:Deadpool forgetting his ammo bag in the taxi]].
** Other pitches for the end credits included a 1980s ''Series/KnightRider'' style version, and an ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' version done by the actual crew of the web series.
** Creator/OliviaMunn tried out for Vanessa, but turned it down, which is how she ended up on Fox's radar for ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' as Psylocke.
** Ajax was supposed to be scarred by Wade, who puts "Hi, my name is Francis" on his forehead and get arrested after the fight with Wade.
** Wade was orginally supposed to MercyKill [[spoiler: Worm.]]

** Creator/OliviaMunn tried out for a role and didn't get it, which is how she ended up on Fox's radar for ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
*** Actually, she turned down a role in the this (specifically being Deadpool's girlfriend) to be Psylocke instead.

** In the Mexican Spanish dub, Wade/Deadpool does many references to ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', as [[Creator/JoseAntonioMacias his Mexican VA]] voiced Lance in the dub of ''Voltron The Third Dimension''.

** This movie also isn't the first time that a character played by Creator/RyanReynolds [[Film/{{Buried}} has been shown slowly suffocating in a confined space]].

** Creator/MorenaBaccarin as a prostitute LoveInterest. [[Series/{{Firefly}} Nope, never seen that before.]]
** This isn't the first time T. J. Miller played a comic relief character in a movie [[Disney/BigHero6 based on a Marvel comic]].
** In the Japanese dub, its not the first time Creator/YuShimamura (Negasonic Teenage Warhead) has voiced [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} someone dressed in black before]]. The same goes for Creator/YasuyukiKase (Deadpool) as its not the first time [[Film/TheAvengers2012 he worked]] [[Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers in stuff related with Marvel Comics before]].
** The apparently random pick of Creator/KeiraKnightley for the role of ComicBook/{{Cable}} makes more sense if you know she played someone called {{Film/Domino}}.

** Also from the Mexican dub, Dopinder's voice actor (David Bueno) previously voiced [[Film/LifeOfPi Pi Patel]], another Indian character.

* CareerResurrection: Only time will tell if this is the case for Creator/RyanReynolds, but given the box office success of the film his comeback is off to a good start.

** While being experimented on, Wade begs the scientists working on him not to give him a [[Film/GreenLantern green, animated costume]].
*** Speaking of, this is the second time Ryan Reynolds plays a comic-book character who's love interest in the movie [[spoiler: gains super powers and becomes his enemy in the comics. She eventually gets better but they are no longer lovers]].

*** Ajax was supposed to be scarred by Wade, who puts "Hi, my name is Francis" on his forehead and get arrested after the fight with Wade.
*** Wade was orginally supposed to MercyKill [[spoiler: Worm.]]

* BrokenStreak: This is the first ''Film/XMen'' movie where neither Wolverine nor Professor X appear in the flesh. At most, both are mentioned, and Wade wears a cutout of Creator/HughJackman's face as a mask.

** Colossus is motion-captured by Andre Tricoteaux and voiced by Stefan Kapičić, who replace Daniel Cudmore, the actor who played the character in the previous ''Film/XMen'' movies.

--->'''Deadpool:''' It's a big house. It's weird I only ever see two of you. Almost like the studio couldn't afford another X-Man.

** In the HilariousOuttakes, the last line before Ajax leaves Wade to be tortured until his mutant power activates was [[{{Improv}} some variation of the line]] "You're gonna leave me here all alone with [snarky nickname for Creator/GinaCarano's character]?" When Reynolds uses the line used in the actual movie "You're gonna leave me here all alone with less angry Rosie O'Donnell?" After the bit where she punches him in the face, Reynolds is silent for a beat before breaking character, snickering, looking off screen and apologizing to Gina for the line.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the HilariousOuttakes, the last line before Ajax leaves Wade to be tortured until his mutant power activates was [[{{Improv}} some variation of the line]] "You're gonna leave me here all alone with [snarky nickname for Creator/GinaCarano's character]?" When Reynolds uses the line used in the actual movie "You're gonna leave me here all alone with less angry Rosie O'Donnell?" After the bit where she punches him in the face, Reynolds is silent for a beat before breaking character, snickering, looking off screen and apologizing to Gina for the line.

** Early drafts of the script featured a joke where it would have been revealed that Deadpool's mask was actually a store-bought Franchise/SpiderMan mask that had been turned inside out. This was presumably cut due to potential legal issues (as Spider-Man's film rights were owned by Creator/{{Sony}} and later Creator/{{Disney}}).

* DoingItForTheArt: Everybody involved has had a hand in getting this film off the ground, from star Creator/RyanReynolds both taking a pay cut and campaigning ''[[OneOfUs hard]]'' for the role of Wade Wilson, to the producers working with a meager (by Hollywood standards) $65 million working budget -- to put things in perspective, that is only 29% of the budget for ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. The use of fairly obscure characters with more practical superpowers, aside from Colossus, in the supporting cast was also utilized to squeeze the most out of the budget. Right as filming was about to begin, Fox told the filmmakers they would need to [[http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-makers-of-deadpool-had-to-slash-7-million-from-the-1758147495 slash another $7 million]] from their budget (thus the final amount became $58 million), so characters were combined and a couple of major action scenes were cut.

** Later played straight when Fox slashed the budget by $7 million, forcing the crew to make numerous cuts to the original script. However, later subverted when the crew admitted that the budget cuts were actually beneficial to them, as it forced them to cut a bunch of extraneous characters and scenes that could have otherwise bogged down the film's pacing.

** FunnyAneurysmMoment: There was going to be a RunningGag involving Wade and the other bar patrons betting money on how Music/AmyWinehouse would die. This was cut because Winehouse actually ''did die'' sometime after the script was written, making the joke both irrelevant and possibly [[DudeNotFunny insensitive]].

** There was going to be a RunningGag involving Wade and the other bar patrons betting money on how Music/AmyWinehouse would die. This was cut because Winehouse actually ''did die'' sometime after the script was written, making the joke both irrelevant and possibly [[DudeNotFunny insensitive]].

* AwesomeDearBoy: To say Ryan Reynolds wanted this movie mainly for the sake of Deadpool, to the point of taking a pay cut, incessantly spearheading the campaign to get the movie made, and ''stealing the Deadpool costume from the set'' after the film's completion, would be somewhat of an understatement.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In the HilariousOuttakes, the last line before Ajax leaves Wade to be tortured until his mutant power activates was [[{{Improv}} some variation of the line]] "You're gonna leave me here all alone with [snarky nickname for Creator/GinaCarano's character]?" When Reynolds uses the line used in the actual movie "You're gonna leave me here all alone with less angry Rosie O'Donnell?" After the bit where she punches him in the face, Reynolds is silent for a beat before breaking character, snickering, looking off screen and apologizing to Gina for the line.