For many fans, the most anticipated film of the year is Deadpool & Wolverine, which is currently airing and stars Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. The film, which is presently enjoying tremendous success in theaters all over the world, has numerous Easter Eggs that fans are constantly finding and counting.

But, while the Easter Eggs that did make the final cut are numerous, there are also many exciting characters that almost made it in the movie, as the writers had access to just about anyone but did not because of various reasons. Two of these characters are of particular interest to us in this article.

Namely, it was recently revealed that the writers had access to every Fox and MCU character, and that the list of potential cameos was long and full of famous names. And while many fans expected two characters to return, they did not appear in the movie and the writers have officially revealed what happened there.

In an interview given to IndieWire, Deadpool & Wolverine writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealed some interesting details about the movie’s production, and one of the more interesting details is related to Ben Affleck’s Daredevil making a cameo appearance. The writers revealed what happened to this particular idea:

Which of the Fox Universe characters did you really want to get and, for whatever reason, could not?

Reese: I think the answer’s nobody. I think everybody we asked said yes.

Wernick: Daredevil we wanted.

Reese: Did we want to get Ben [Affleck]? We never asked Ben though, I don’t think.

Wernick: At some point, Ben was on the list.

Reese: He was on the list, but I don’t think it ever came into script pages or actually asking him. One of the great joys of “Deadpool” is the fact that, in its success, it became easier and easier to attract other folks to the movie. I mean, Ryan has these folks’ names generally on in his Rolodex. Not as though Rolodex exists anymore, but his contact list.

The other character was Josh Brolin’s Cable, an important character from previous Deadpool movies, but who did not make the final cut. Here’s what the writers said about that:

Was there any iteration where you brought Josh Brolin back as Cable?

Wernick: Yeah, look, we had access to just about everybody, right? And creatively, we wanted to tap into this idea of people or characters who didn’t get their proper ending at Fox to pay tribute to them, to give them a legacy. I think on the Cable side, absolutely he was considered. I think it’s just he was just in “Deadpool 2.” So, the idea of giving him a proper ending, he’s still a character that, my guess is, will appear in the Fox-Marvel mash-up universe at some point, would be our guess. But he didn’t make the cut on this one, unfortunately. We love him and would love to have seen him in it though.

Source: IndieWire

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