‘Deadpool 2’ Almost Made The Merc With The Mouth A Daddy
Deadpool 2is hitting theaters in a little over a week, and we’ll finally get to see what kind of trouble the Merc with the Mouth gets into this time. So far we know that Wade Wilson feels compelled to stop the steel-armed, glow-eyed mutant Cable from killing a kid named Russell, played byJulian DennisonfromHunt for the Wilderpeople. But Deadpool almost had a kid of his own to protect in the original draft forDeadpool 2.Entertainment Weeklyhas been unloading a series ofDeadpool 2stories sinceRyan Reynoldswas on the cover of the magazine recently. The most recent tidbit of information has an interesting detail about the direction aDeadpool 2early draft almost took. Reynolds explained what he and co-writersRhett ReeseandPaul Wernickfirst cooked up and how it evolved into the story we’ll see on the big screen next week:
Flashing forward five years and giving Deadpool and his girlfriend (or maybe wife) Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) a child of their own sounds like it would certainly change the dynamic of those characters. But it also seems like too drastic of a change after just one movie spent with the sarcastic assassin.
As we’ve seen briefly in the trailers, the motivation for Deadpool wanting to protect this kid seems to stem from the desire he and Vanessa have to eventually have a kid of their own. That’s whywe hear Vanessa say in the trailer"Kids give us a chance to be better than we used to be. He needs you." So maybe can expect some kind of growth for Deadpool as a character, no matter how immature he continues to be.
The question is whether this Russell character will have a strong bond with Deadpool, or if it will be a bit of a Dutch situation where they don’t get along with each other for most of the movie, but then come around to having a mutual respect for one another. I’m betting the two quickly become buddies since both seem to have a chip on their shoulder and some choice words and hand gestures for anyone who gets in their way.
The presence of Russell will certainly change the game a bit for audiences. As Reynolds points out, “The first movie is a love story masquerading as a comic-book movie, and this one is kind of a family film masquerading as a comic-book film again.” Who doesn’t love a family film with endless swearing, insults and pop culture references?
