History Trivia / Deadpool2016

* 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. The Golden Globe nomination he got for his performance certainly doesn't hurt matters either.

** Inverted: Not only is Creator/RyanReynolds the lead actor, but he convinced Fox to let him be a producer to prevent anyone from changing the film (outside of necessary changes due to the small budget) and make sure that his character stayed true to the comics.
** Later played straight when Fox slashed the budget by $7 million, forcing the crew to make numerous cuts to the original script. However, this was 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. It also led to a well-received series of jokes:

* BannedInChina: Subverted. In that country, it was initially denied a theatrical release for excessive violence, plus some sexual content. However, it [[https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/deadpool-china-premiere-at-beijing-festival-1202729650/#article-comments premiered in China as part of the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2018]].

* NoExportForYou: The film wasn't initially released in China due to its graphic violence.

* ProtectionFromEditors: According to [[https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-explains-how-the-deadpool-movie-got-109934676757.html an interview]] with Ryan Reynolds, one of the trade-offs when creating this film was a much smaller budget (compared to the rest of the main ''X-Men'' franchise), but they got free rein to make the movie without studio interference.

** 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}}).

** In some languages, Deadpool's voice actor is different from ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'': European Spanish, European French, Brazilian Portuguese, and Hungarian.

** The famous test footage for the highway chase, which was intended to convince the executives of the character's potential, had precisely the opposite effect, convincing them that such an offbeat, violent character [[ItWillNeverCatchOn would never do well with audiences.]] So ''someone'' high up in production (generally assumed to be either director Tim Miller or Reynolds himself) deliberately leaked the footage onto the internet, which was greeted with delight by viewers who quickly demanded a full movie, which Fox greenlit only a few weeks later. Presumably exactly like the leaker had planned.

*** [[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Taylor Schilling]], Creator/CrystalReed, [[Film/UnfriendedDarkWeb Rebecca Rittenhouse]], Creator/JessicaDeGouw, and Creator/SarahGreene screen-tested for the part of Vanessa as well before the casting of Baccarin.
** [[Film/XMen1 Daniel Cudmore]] was offered to reprise his role as [[ComicBook/{{Colossus}} Colossus]] from ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' for the film. However, Cudmore declined the offer, as he was unhappy with the idea of only doing [[SerkisFolk motion capture work]] while another actor dubbed over his lines.
** Creator/JensenAckles was once being eyed for the role of Deadpool but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.

** Creator/JensenAckles was once being eyed for the role of Deadpool but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/Supernatural''.

* BadExportForYou: In many, many other countries with stricter censorship codes, the sex scenes were completely cut from the film, and any scenes with anyone's penis visible used alternative takes that obstructs the penis, or an earlier build before the CGI penises were rendered,[[note]]Most penises in the film were CGI and digitally inserted into the scenes, so they simply used the versions of the scenes before the penises were inserted.[[/note]] despite the film already being rated to be for adults only to begin with. On the other hand, this is a better option compared to BannedInChina in many ways, and the excessive violence, expletives and crude humor are still left in uncut.
* BannedInChina: Subverted. It was initially denied a theatrical release for excessive violence, plus some sexual content. However, it [[https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/deadpool-china-premiere-at-beijing-festival-1202729650/#article-comments premiered in that country as part of the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2018]].

* ContentLeak: In 2014 test footage of what would eventually become the movie's opening scene leaked online. Positive reaction to the footage convinced Fox to move forward on producing the full movie. It's never been confirmed who was responsible for the leak and the DVDCommentary notes that there's a limited number of people who had access to the footage. The writers imply that Creator/RyanReynolds leaked the footage while Reynolds has pointed the finger at Creator/TimMiller or Fox executives who were trying to gauge interest.

* DevelopmentGag: Deadpool describes Professor X as a "bald, Heaven's Gate-looking motherfucker", but then later asks whether the Professor is "Stewart or [=McAvoy=]". The latter showed up for ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' with his head shaved and was wearing extensions during much of that movie's filming.

** Everybody involved has had a hand in getting this film off the ground, from star Creator/RyanReynolds both taking a pay cut and campaigning ''[[JustForFun/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's only a little more than a third 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.
** Reynolds's dedication to the film was such that when 20th Century Fox would not pay the writers to be present during filming for any needed last-minute rewrites [[http://www.slashfilm.com/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-writers/ he paid them out of his own pocket]].

** Later played straight when Fox slashed the budget by $7 million, forcing the crew to make numerous cuts to the original script. However, this was 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. It also led to a well-received series of jokes;

** 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 ''X-Men'' movies.

* ProtectionFromEditors: According to [[https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-explains-how-the-deadpool-movie-got-109934676757.html an interview]] with Ryan Reynolds, one of the trade-offs when creating this film was a much smaller budget (compared to the rest of the main ''X-Men'' franchise), but they would get free rein to make the movie without studio interference.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The film has been in various stages of development for ''years''. Ryan Reynolds and David Goyer almost got a ''Deadpool'' movie off the ground at New Line, but opted to make the ill-fated ''Film/BladeTrinity'' instead. Production finally moved forward when test-footage was leaked onto the internet that met a swell of popular support. According to Reynolds, it was the test footage that forced Fox to greenlight the movie. They actually had to take out a gag about Music/AmyWinehouse dying because she really did die, a whole five years before the film's release.

* ThrowItIn: The team said every take was different, pretty much every actor was improvising something in every scene.

** [[http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/deadpool/ The opening credits was originally a placeholder]], but director Tim Miller found the parody titles funny enough to put in the movie. As a bonus, due to no actual names being in it, the filmmakers were not required to abide by guild rules about crew and actor credits and they could stage the sequence to suit their needs rather than building the sequence around legally mandated credits that need to be onscreen for a certain amount of time.
** Hildebrand/Negasonic was originally supposed to remain completely deadpan as Reynolds/Deadpool made himself look like an idiot, "breaking" his hands as he continually attempted to Colossus, but she giggled anyway, so they kept it in to remind people that she was of course "in training".

** An earlier draft of the film surfaced online, and while similar to the finished film, did not feature Angel Dust or [[Characters/DeadpoolSupportingCharacters Negasonic Teenage Warhead]]. Additionally, Garrison Kane, Wyre ([[AdaptationalSuperpowerChange who would've had the ability to deploy whiplike tendrils from his fingers]]), 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.

** 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.

** 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.
** 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.

* WorkingTitle: Deadpool's working title was "Wham!", named after Music/GeorgeMichael's former group. Their album, ''Make It Big'', and their song, "Careless Whisper", appeared in the movie.

* {{Corpsing}}: When Deadpool punches Colossus and breaks his hand, Briana Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead) giggles a bit. She was originally just going to give Deadpool a deadpan stare, but it was [[ThrowItIn left in]] because, after all, she's still in training.

* DisownedAdaptation: An unusual case; this movie, along with ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', aren't mentioned on Marvel's website, but it has been openly praised by Marvel executives.

** Hildebrand/Negasonic was originally supposed to remain completely deadpan as Reynolds/Deadpool made himself look like an idiot, 'breaking' his hands as he continually attempted to Colossus, but she giggled anyway, so they kept it in to remind people that she was of course 'in training'.

** Creator/OliviaMunn was approached for the role of Vanessa Carlysle before Creator/MorenaBaccarin was cast, but turned it down due to CreativeDifferences over the portrayal of the character. Munn would eventually go on to portray Comicbook/{{Psylocke}} in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.

** [[Film/{{XMen1}} Daniel Cudmore]] was offered to reprise his role as [[Comicbook/{{Colossus}} Colossus]] from ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' for the film. However, Cudmore declined the offer, as he was unhappy with the idea of only doing [[SerkisFolk motion capture work]] while another actor dubbed over his lines.

*** 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.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/XMenFilmSeries See here]].

** The famous test footage for the highway chase, which was intended to convince the executives of the character's potential, had precisely the opposite effect, convincing them that such an offbeat, violent character [[ItWillNeverCatchOn would never do well with audiences.]] So ''someone'' high up in production (generally assumed to be either director Tim Miller or Reynolds himself) deliberately leaked the footage onto the internet, which was greeted with delight by viewers who quickly demanded a full movie, which Fox greenlit only a few weeks later. Presumably [[BatmanGambit exactly like the leaker had planned.]]

* DevelopmentHell: The film has been in various stages of development for ''years''. Ryan Reynolds and David Goyer almost got a ''Deadpool'' movie off the ground at New Line, but opted to make the ill-fated ''Film/BladeTrinity'' instead. Production finally moved forward when test-footage was leaked onto the internet that met a swell of popular support. According to Reynolds, it was the test footage that forced Fox to greenlight the movie. They actually had to take out a gag about Music/AmyWinehouse dying because she really did die, a whole five years before the film's release.

* DevelopmentHell: The film has been in various stages of development for ''years''. Ryan Reynolds and David Goyer almost got a ''Deadpool'' movie off the ground at New Line, but opted to make the ill-fated ''Film/BladeTrinity'' instead. Production finally moved forward when test-footage was leaked onto the internet that met a swell of popular support. According to Reynolds, it was the test footage that forced Fox to greenlight the movie.

* DeletedScene:
** Ajax (aka Francis) being escorted by boat to the "entrance" of The Raft for release, implying that Ajax has been in prison before the events of the film. This deleted scene may have not been used because of Marvel Studios' use of the prison in Civil War.
** After stalking Vanessa, Wade is hit by a bus and wakes up in the morgue.

** Hildebrand/Warhead was originally supposed to remain completely deadpan as Reynolds/Deadpool made himself look like an idiot, 'breaking' his hands as he continually attempted to Colossus, but she giggled anyway, so they kept it in to remind people that she was of course 'in training'.

* DawsonCasting: A fairly rare aversion; as Brianna Hildebrand didn't turn 20 until a few months after the film premiered, there was no lie in her playing a character with "Teenage" in her name.

* {{Corpsing}}: When Deadpool punches Colossus and breaks his hand, Briana Hildebrand (Negasonic Teenage Warhead) giggles a bit. She was originally just to give Deadpool a deadpan stare, but it was [[ThrowItIn left in]] because, after all, she's still in training.

** Ajax (aka Francis) being excorted by boat to the "entrance" of The Raft for release, implying that Ajax has been in prison before the events of the film. This deleted scene may have not been used because of Marvel Studios' use of the prison in Civil War.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Has [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/Deadpool2016 its own page]].

* CreatorKiller: An extremely rare case of a ''successful'' film causing this, and in fact, the film's success actually ''caused'' this for former Fox executive Tom Rothman. Because of his dislike for the character, Tom had tried for years to kill any chance of a ''Deadpool'' film happening, even having his mouth sewn shut in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. He also made many attempts to "improve" other films that wound up not being well-recieved by fans, and greenlit ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', which was a BoxOfficeBomb. The success of a film he tried to keep from being made was considered the final nail in the coffin for his credibility. For further proof, [[https://imgur.com/gallery/uv2yO go here]].

* CreatorKiller: An extremely rare case of a ''successful'' film causing this, and in fact, the film's success actually ''caused'' this for former Fox executive Tom Rothman. Because of his dislike for the character, Tom had tried for years to kill any chance of a ''Deadpool'' film happening, even having his mouth sewn shut in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. He also made many attempts to "improve" other films that wound up not being well-recieved by fans, and greenlit ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', which was a BoxOfficeBomb. The success of a film he tried to keep from being made was considered the final nail in the coffin for his credibility.

** [[http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/deadpool/ The opening credits was originally a placeholder]], but director Tim Miller found the parody titles funny enough to put in the movie. As a bonus, due to no actual names being in it, the filmmakers were not required to abide by guild rules about crew and actor credits.

* DeletedRole: Garrison Kane, Sluggo and Wire were going to be in the movie.