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Revisiting the Strange Cinematic Debut of Deadpool

This article originally ran on May 18, 2018. We’re republishing it now with Deadpool & Wolverine in theaters.

Ryan Reynolds’s first appearance as the “Merc With a Mouth” wasn’t in 2016’sDeadpool. Reynolds actually popped up in the climactic scene at the end of 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine as the merc with no mouth. Literally: He wears a surgically sealed fleshy mess over the lower half of his face. In other words, the singularly distinguishing factor about the iconic traits — Deadpool’s ability to sling self-deprecating quips, the fourth-wall-breaking one-liners, the profanity-laced cracks — was a non-consideration for his cinematic debut.

In fact, every iconic characteristic of the Deadpool you know now was once dismissed with such a blatant disdain for the source material that the comic-book-fan community couldn’t help but see it as a raised middle claw. Fox executives insisted Reynolds abandon Deadpool’s signature red-and-black costume for eggplant hospital scrubs, his trusty katanas traded in for abnormally long retractable arm blades. More unusually, screenwriters Skip Woods and David Benioff (yes, t

Ryan Reynolds on How Encounter With Hugh Jackman on ‘X-Men Origins’ Laid Groundwork for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

Deadpool & Wolverine has been a long time coming, stretching back to when Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman first crossed paths while making 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

In that film, Reynolds played a very different version of Deadpool than he would play in the later movies — without the famous red suit and with his mouth sewn shut in an infamous final fight — while Jackman was already several films into the X-Men franchise. Though the 2009 project wasn’t a critical success, the two actors say they own zero regrets about it, as Reynolds notes, “it’s given birth to this incredible friendship.”

“That movie, a lot of people don’t realize, was shot in the middle of a writers strike, one of the hardest ways to shoot a film you could ever imagine,” Reynolds told The Hollywood Reporter at the Deadpool & Wolverinepremiere in New York on Monday. Gesturing to Jackman standing beside him, he continued, “I think the perseverance that you showed and everybod

10 Major Realizations I Had Rewatching Deadpool's First X-Men Appearance

Summary

Deadpool's portrayal in X-Men Origins isn't as bad in hindsight, especially considering his success in later solo movies.
Deadpool's promising cinematic future changes how his X-Men Origins role appears.
The X-Men Origins Deadpool is now more of a sidestory note in the character's overarching on-screen history than his main appearance.

While X-Men Origins: Wolverine boasts one of the worst reputations in comic book cinema, I think its divisive portrayal of Deadpool featured some interesting aspects that are much more pertinent in hindsight. Marvel’s Deadpool is often cited as the worst part of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, an commanding feat considering the multitude of ways that the movie is seen to have failed. While certainly not as impeccable as later depictions, Deadpool's reputation in X-Men Origins may not be as fitting years later, with his debut into the MCU timeline impending.

Deadpool has been one of the most loved characters ever created by Marvel Comics and reading about it, fans could not comprehend why Deadpool did not receive a cinematic debut for so prolonged. Their plea was heard, and Deadpool made his first cinematic debut in 2009 with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. However, the version of Deadpool in the movie instead of making fans happy, enraged them for how bad it was.

From Deadpool’s first appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine to Deadpool and Wolverine, the journey has been an epic ride. Let’s relive it.

Deadpool’s First Appearance in Wolverine Origins

Ryan Reynolds for the first moment played the role of Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins Wolverine. He was displayed as a member of a special team of mutants working on global tactical operations. Later on, by the closing act of the production, he reappears in the final act of the movie as Deadpool. However, this version of Deadpool was highly criticized by fans because Fox Studios took away all the trademarks associated with the character.

Deadpool is widely acknowledged as the Merc With a Mouth for his constant jokes, fourth-wall-breaking, and annoying his enemies with his incessant yapping.