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It was the year 2017 when actress Dafne Keen made her appearance as X-23 inLogan.Veteran actor Ryan Reynolds, who has been a big fan of Hugh Jackman and the character of Wolverine, wasn’t able to believe that she truly had returned. Wait… let’s back up a second here.
Dafne Keen returns to the role of X-23 in the recently released MCU filmDeadpool & Wolverine. Ryan Reynolds shared that it was an incredible moment behind the scenes because he was such a huge fan of Logan, and his adoptive and/or biological daughter Laura.
Ryan Reynolds Couldn’t Believe His Eyes
There are very few things in this world that might seem surprising for Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool. The appearance of Dafne Keen as Laura aka X-23 inDeadpool & Wolverinewas one of them.
Laura gets taken by the Time Variance Authority after the events ofLoganand there she joins the likes of Elektra and Gambit to join a rebel cause. However, she ends up meeting the alternate version of Logan aka Wolverine in the 2024 film.
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Taking to his social media account on X,DeadpoolactorRyan Reynoldsshared that he wasn’t able to believe his eyes when Dafne Keen and Hugh Jackman were standing beside one another once again.
When Dafne Keen shows up in#DeadpoolAndWolverineshe shines her light toward the big beating heart of the movie. Dafne and Hugh standing next to each other is a pinch me moment. It stands on the shoulders of the LOGAN film which is both a masterpiece and a giant.
He further continued,
Even three days ago as we went through the film’s gag reel. I still get geeked out seeing her in those sunglasses.
Check out the full tweethere. From overwhelming reviews topaying respects to the Marvel Daddy,Deadpool & Wolverineis a mish-mash of all things that are good and comedic.
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However, the idea of merging Deadpool and Wolverine together wasn’t always the MCU’s plan. Director Shawn Levy revealed that the Zoom calls when they weren’t able to crack it were very tough untilHugh Jackmancalled.
Hugh Jackman is the Actual Marvel Jesus
Director Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds knew that they wanted to makeDeadpool 3,but they didn’t know exactly what the film was going to be about. The director revealed that he attended countless Zoom calls with Marvel president Kevin Feige to brainstorm some ideas.
In an appearance on theHappy Sad Podcast, Levy stated that there was a moment when they were considering puttingDeadpool 3on hold because they didn’t have any good ideas that seemed fit for the character.
Ryan and I had this big watershed moment where we said to each other, ‘Maybe we just got to admit to Kevin that now’s not the moment. Maybe we need to come back to this in a year or two because we can’t do this if we don’t have an undeniable idea.‘
He further continued that it was Hugh Jackman who called them one day and said that“I want in”.That’s how the character of Wolverine was introduced to the world of Deadpool!
So when we did that Zoom with Kevin, he was like, ‘Okay, what do we got?’ We said, ‘Well, we got an interesting phone call,’ and everything changed on a dime. The movie instantly had its why.
The patience and wait seem to be worth it sinceDeadpool & Wolverineis earning quite great at the global box office. The film has already earned a total of $824 million worldwide (viaIMDB) and continues to go up.
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The film currently stands at a rating of 8.1/10 on IMDB and a high of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. With Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the mix,Deadpool & Wolverineis currently screening in theaters around the world.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
