Line #50 Trivia/Deadpool2


1	* AbilityOverAppearance:
2	** Creator/JoshBrolin is rather short to be playing ComicBook/{{Cable}} at a mere 5'10", compared to his comics counterpart being a massive 6'8". However, he otherwise nails the look and personality ''perfectly'', and was cast for this reason. ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, being [[FourthWallObserver who he is]], naturally [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on the height discrepancy.
3	** Creator/ZazieBeetz doesn't have albinism like the comics ComicBook/{{Domino\|Marvel Comics}} does, but she portrays the role with the right kind of charisma and attitude, so it didn't matter in the end.
4	* ActingForTwo: Creator/RyanReynolds plays both the eponymous protagonist and [[spoiler:Juggernaut]]. If you add [[spoiler:[[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Weapon XI]] and [[AsHimself Himself]] in TheStinger]], that makes ''four'' roles.
5	* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/TerryCrews says he was informed up front that his role was to be a foiler to prevent spoilers from leaking. He immediately said "yes" because he thought it would be hilarious to take part in a massive prank to keep fans from figuring out the actual plot and spoiling the public before the film's release.
6	* BadExportForYou:
7	** As usual, some of the more saucy scenes were completely cut or altered in countries with stricter censorship codes. For example, shots with Deadpool's baby-sized penis were obstructed with an added piece of loincloth to pass censorship standards (since it's CGI, they just made an alternative take with the cloth in place).
8	** Some Asian countries, like China, Malaysia, and Singapore, got ''Once Upon A Deadpool'' on streaming services, and on the video-on-demand and pay-per-view services of several Pay TV providers, [[LateExportForYou in Spring 2019]], but not in cinemas.
9	* BannedInChina: Well, not exactly banned, but like its predecessor, ''Deadpool 2'' was denied a release in China due to the excessive violence. Ultimately, the PG-13 cut of the movie was given a release there.
10	* BTeamSequel: Creator/TimMiller left the film over "mutual creative differences" with Creator/RyanReynolds, reportedly based on several factors, including Reynolds' expanded creative control over the sequel; Miller's wish for a more stylized follow-up than the first film, versus Reynolds' focus "on the raunchy comedy style that earned the first movie its R rating"; and Miller's intention to cast Creator/KyleChandler as Cable, which Reynolds opposed. Fox ultimately backed "its marketable star" over Miller, who had made his directorial debut with the first film.
11	* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Black Tom is voiced by UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion player Kenta Tsujii.
12	* CreatorBacklash:
13	** A minor example with Josh Brolin. While he's gone on record to state he's enjoyed playing Cable, he admitted in a 2020 interview that he felt like being in ''Deadpool 2'' was more of a "[[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/josh-brolin-deadpool-2-business-transaction-1234590160/ business transaction]]", as Brolin had less creative freedom to experiment with the character than he did with Thanos in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
14	** Ryan Reynolds later echoed the criticisms of the film over [[spoiler:killing Vanessa]], citing this movie as an example of a StuffedInTheFridge plot in the ''Once Upon A Deadpool'' cut and in ''[[https://youtu.be/g7q60i_Lh_E Deadpool and Korg React]]''.
15	* CreativeDifferences: During pre-production, Tim Miller left due to CreativeDifferences with star and co-producer Creator/RyanReynolds. Music/JunkieXL, who wrote the music for the first film, followed suit, and so did Angel Dust's actress Creator/GinaCarano.
16	* CrossDressingVoices: In the Japanese dub, Creator/JunkoMinagawa voices Russell.
17	* DeletedRole: Omega Red's cameo was cut, but is included in the Super Duper Cut.
18	* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/XMenFilmSeries See here]].
19	* DuelingMovies: With Sony's ''Film/{{Venom\|2018}}'', another 2018 Marvel Comics-inspired movie that's unrelated to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse's continuity and stars an AntiHero.
20	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JoshBrolin got [[HeroicBuild ripped and shredded]] in order to play ComicBook/{{Cable}}.
21	* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/RyanReynolds [[http://ew.com/movies/2018/05/03/deadpool-2-ryan-reynolds-fox-cut-disney-joke/ stated]] that Fox had to cut a joke mocking Creator/{{Disney}} from the film.[[labelnote:*]]According to the [=DVD=] commentary, it was during a conversation between Weasel and Deadpool.[[/labelnote]] Justified since Fox was negotiating a sale to Disney at the time, but it should also be emphasized that Disney did '''not''' order the changes, and that Fox made the decision on their own. Reynolds himself has said it was for the better.
22	* FatalMethodActing: Professional driver Joi "S.J." Harris (who was acting as a stuntwoman, despite the fact that stunt coordinators were against the idea) [[http://breaking911.com/breaking-female-stunt-performer-movie-deadpool-2-killed-set/ died on set]] on August 14th, 2017, forcing the production to shut down during the investigation.
23	* FoilerFootage: The ads showed Shatterstar and Bedlam fighting henchmen armed with guns. This never actually happens in the movie, since they, along with most of the other X-Force members, are comically killed off shortly after being introduced.
24	* InMemoriam:
25	** The film is dedicated to stunt driver Joi "S.J." Harris, who was killed in an onset accident.
26	** ''Once Upon a Deadpool'' pays homage to Creator/StanLee with several unused humorous takes from his cameo in ''Film/DeadpoolNoGoodDeed'' and interviews.
27	* MissingTrailerScene:
28	** Bedlam punching someone was left out. Similarly, a scene of Shatterstar fighting two prison guards is absent.
29	** Deadpool saying "You're absolutely right" to Domino after she answers "Isn't that a little derivative?" to his announcement of their team's name (the X-Force) was cut.
30	** The dialogue with Deadpool saying that ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' is "pure pornography" was not kept in the film.
31	** Wade's excuse for being late of rounding up all the gluten in the world is replaced with rescuing "handi-capable kids from a tree", and "fighting a [[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter caped]] [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter badass]], and discovered that [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice his mamma was named Martha too.]]" Though these were returned in the Super Duper cut.
32	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: Shiori Kutsuna dubs herself as Yukio in the Japanese dub.
33	* NoExportForYou: ''Once Upon a Deadpool'' (the ChristmasSpecial PG-13 cut of the film with a FramingDevice starring Creator/FredSavage) was released in cinemas in the USA, Japan, and Mexico only. Other countries only get it on direct-to-video or pay-per-view, if at all.
34	* TheOtherDarrin:
35	** Shiori Kutsuna replaces Creator/RilaFukushima as Yukio.
36	** [[spoiler:Creator/RyanReynolds replaces Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut.]]
37	* TheOtherMarty: Averted for T.J. Miller, following his offscreen behavior (mentioned below in RoleEndingMisdemeanor), with many fans suggesting recasting his role, in a similar fashion to ''Film/AllTheMoneyInTheWorld''. However, the studio decided against the idea, according to producer Shuler Donner, as the movie was already "in the final editing" at the time.
38	* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Negasonic is revealed to be a lesbian in this movie, similar to her actress Creator/BriannaHildebrand (who's queer, into women along with men). In fact, she got into a relationship with a woman in the art department on the movie.
39	* RefittedForSequel: Cable was going to be in the last movie, but they felt it best to introduce him here.
40	* ReleaseDateChange: The original release date was June 1, 2018, but was changed to May 18, 2018.
41	* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Because of T.J. Miller's offscreen behavior in the months leading up to this film's release, including being part of the sexual abuse allegations arising from the Weinstein Effect, accusations of transphobia by a former friend, and eventually concluding in calling in a fake bomb threat at Penn Station in revenge on a woman he'd argued with, until he got kicked off the train, Creator/RyanReynolds made a statement that Miller will not be invited back to any hypothetical follow-up films. The teaser trailer for ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'', which opens with a party featuring Wade and his friends, noticeably doesn't include Weasel suggesting the character has been dropped entirely.
42	* RoleReprise: In the Japanese dub, [[spoiler:Creator/KenjiNomura reprises his role as Juggernaut from the TV Asahi dub of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'']].
43	* TakeThatTitForTat: The Creator/DCUniverse streaming service responded to the film's jab at the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'' with a montage of violent images from ''Series/Titans2018''.
44	* ThrowItIn: The scene where Deadpool accidentally breaks Cerebro was not planned, but Creator/RyanReynolds stayed sufficiently in character for the scene to be used in the final cut.
45	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
46	** Creator/BradPitt and Creator/LiamNeeson were offered the role of Comicbook/{{Cable}} before Creator/JoshBrolin was cast. [[spoiler: Pitt would eventually go on to portray the [[Main/TheCameo Vanisher]], an invisible character, who ends up being electrocuted by a telephone ''cable.'']]
47	*** Creator/DavidHarbour, Creator/ViggoMortensen, Creator/MichaelShannon, Creator/JohnCena and Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} read for the part of Cable as well. Mortensen was previously approached for the role of Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} in ''Film/XMen1''. Harbour would later go on to play Red Guardian in ''Film/{{Black Widow\|2021}}'', set within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
48	*** Creator/PierceBrosnan, Creator/AlecBaldwin, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/StephenLang, Creator/MelGibson, Creator/RonPerlman, Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/BruceWillis, Creator/KyleChandler, Creator/DolphLundgren, Creator/SylvesterStallone and Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger were also considered for Cable before the casting of Brolin.
49	** Creator/GuguMbathaRaw and Creator/SiennaMiller were initially approached for the part of [[ComicBook/DominoMarvelComics Domino]] before the casting of Creator/ZazieBeetz. Mbatha-Raw would eventually go on to join ''{{Series/Loki\|2021}}'' as Judge Renslayer.
50	*** Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead, Creator/KerryWashington, Creator/LizzyCaplan, Creator/RubyRose, Creator/SofiaBoutella, Creator/StephanieSigman, Creator/MackenzieDavis, [[Film/Baywatch2017 Kelly Rohrbach]], [[Film/RobinHood2018 Eve Hewson]], Creator/SylviaHoeks, Music/JanelleMonae and Creator/AubreyPlaza screen-tested for the role of Domino as well before the casting of Beetz. Plaza would later portray Lenny Busker in ''Series/{{Legion\|2017}}'' and a currently unspecified character in ''Agatha''.
51	** [[Film/TheCabinInTheWoods Drew Goddard]], Creator/RupertSanders and [[Series/GoodBehavior Magnus Martens]] were in the running to direct the film before [[Film/AtomicBlonde David Leitch]] was hired.
52	** [[https://theplaylist.net/tim-miller-deadpool-2-fantastic-four-20191029/?utm_source=dlvr.it Tim Miller's]] original vision for the sequel envisioned a more comic-accurate (i.e. tall) Cable as well as an expanded role for Vanessa as she became the character Copycat. Additionally, Miller planned for an appearance by ComicBook/TheThing, with Creator/MichaelChiklis reprising his role, who would fight [[spoiler:the Juggernaut]] in the climax.
53	** One of the planned post-credits scenes would have involved Creator/ChrisEvans reprising his first superhero role as the [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Human Torch]].
54	** Likewise, another idea was to have Creator/MichaelBJordan, Creator/MilesTeller, Creator/KateMara, and Creator/JamieBell from the failed ''Film/{{Fantastic Four\|2015}}'' reboot show up, but the scene never made it past the scripting stage.
55	** Black Tom originally had a ''much'' larger role in general, and was supposed to corrupt Russell and lead him down the path of violence and darkness. The studio eventually cut down his part because the special effects required to depict his powers would've proven too expensive.
56	** In the original cut, [[spoiler:Vanessa and Peter's]] deaths were [[KilledOffForReal meant to be permanent]]. David Leitch came up with the idea for TheStinger where Wade [[spoiler:travels back in time and prevents both characters from being killed]] after the first test screenings, and it was added in reshoots.
57	** The X-Force was originally going to get blown up by landing on a minefield. The filmmakers scrapped the idea when they were unable to come up with a good reason for the plane to be flying over an airfield.
58	* WordOfSaintPaul:
59	** According to Creator/LewisTan, Deadpool did in fact save Shatterstar and the other members of the X-Force from death using TimeTravel at the end just like Vanessa and Peter, and said that his character will be return as a main cast member in the ''X-Force'' movie. While the ''X-Force'' movie ultimately ended up getting scrapped, Shatterstar does return in the trailer for ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' amongst Wade's other friends, confirming that he indeed get saved offscreen.
60	** According to Terry Crews, Bedlam survived and spent the rest of the movie in an ICU but definitely alive.
61	* WrittenByCastMember: Creator/RyanReynolds co-wrote and co-produced the film.

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