How Ryan Reynolds Facilitated Wesley Snipes’ Cameo in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: “Let’s give them that feeling”

Deadpool & Wolverine, featuring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, has become one of the year’s most eagerly awaited films, uniting two iconic characters in a long-anticipated collaboration.

The film is enjoying a strong run in theaters worldwide, with fans eagerly spotting and counting its numerous Easter Eggs. Among these, Wesley Snipes’ return as Blade stands out as a highly talked-about and significant cameo.

In a recent interview with Variety, director Shawn Levy shared insights into how they convinced Snipes to reprise his role and highlighted Ryan Reynolds’ pivotal role in making this cameo happen.

Director Shawn Levy recently spoke with Variety, offering a wealth of behind-the-scenes insights about the hit movie currently dominating theaters globally. Among the intriguing details he shared was the story behind the much-celebrated Blade cameo that has thrilled countless fans.

How did the team pitch Wesley Snipes on returning as Blade?

Wesley’s return as Blade was a very early idea of Ryan’s. We wanted to explore themes of legacy, characters and their endings. Ryan had said, “Blade never really got that moment, and I think people don’t even realize how much they miss Wesley Snipes as Blade until they see him. Let’s give them that feeling.” So, Ryan reached out to Wesley. Wesley has not played Blade in a long time. He and Ryan have not been in close touch in a very long time. But we made clear to Wesley that this was not going for a joke. This was out of reverence for his legacy as this iconic character.

Where did Wesley’s line, “There’s only been one Blade. There will only ever be one Blade,” come from?

That was a scripted line, and Wesley thought it was hysterical. We tried a bunch of reactions from Deadpool but ultimately went with that eyebrows-raised-Deadpool-fourth-wall-breaking look.

Source: Variety

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