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Ryan Reynolds’s portrayal of Deadpool quickly became a fan favorite, thanks to his humor and sharp wit. Reynolds’ ability to quickly transition between humor and action, combined with the character’s bada** attitude, made theDeadpoolmovies a huge success.
It’s hard to imagine any other actor playing the iconic role, but initially, there was another action star who was shortlisted for the role, Jensen Ackles. Ackles gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of Dean Winchester in the drama seriesSupernatural. In the end, we couldn’t see Ackles’ version of Deadpool but we got to see him playing another iconic character as the modern audience also knows him as Ben/Soldier Boy from Amazon Prime Video’sThe Boys.
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Ryan Reynolds was not the first choice for the role of Deadpool
Many will agree that actorRyan Reynoldsdid a great job at portraying the iconic Marvel character, Deadpool, however, actorJensen Ackleswas first approached for the role. In November 2022, Ackles appeared atSPN PHX J2and revealed that he was busy with other projects so, he had to turn it down,
“There was definitely a movie that I was very much in talks about… I wasn’t available, so the train just kind of stopped there. But, had I been available, I would’ve had to, you know, jump through the studio hoops and jump through the, you know, producer hoops and stuff. But I had a really good shot, and it’s a movie that I really, really like. [He was then asked about the movie] Deadpool.”
Ryan Reynolds’ portrayal was good, but it would’ve been exciting to see Ackles’ version of it. Thankfully, we later got to see Ackles playing another iconic antihero, Soldier Boy, in Amazon Prime Video’sThe Boys.
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Jensen Ackles’ ex-girlfriend was in the movie
Ackles further revealed that he has no regrets about it and loved how the movie turned out without him. He also revealed that his ex-girlfriend was in the movie,
“It was probably a good thing because my ex-girlfriend was on there and so that probably would have been awkward, so it probably worked out for the best. I think that the whole cast was amazing. I probably would’ve messed that up for a lot of people had I been a part of it, so probably best I didn’t. But that would’ve been cool.”
Even though he didn’t reveal that name, fans have concluded that he was allegedly talking about Morena Baccarin, who played Vanessa Carlysle, Wade Wilson’s fiancée, inDeadpool(2016) andDeadpool 2(2018). In 2024, fans will get the third installment in theDeadpoolfranchise and this time, another fan-favorite character will return, Wolverine.
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Source:SPN PHX J2
Farhan Asif
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Farhan Asif is a gaming writer at FandomWire who specializes in video games/franchises like Helldivers 2, GTA, and Call of Duty. Apart from 1600+ published articles for FandomWire, he has also written more than 750 articles for AnimatedTimes. He has a passion for coding and is pursuing a degree in computer science. During his free time, Farhan loves to play video games and hopes to create a video game of his own one day.
