Shawn Levy Discusses the Elektra Cameo and That Memorable Joke from ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

The highly anticipated Deadpool & Wolverine, featuring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, is finally hitting theaters. Fans have eagerly awaited the pairing of these iconic characters, and the film delivers their long-awaited team-up.

Currently enjoying widespread success globally, the movie is packed with Easter Eggs that fans continue to uncover. Among the many notable cameos, Jennifer Garner’s return as Elektra from the original Daredevil film and her own standalone movie, is generating significant buzz.

Elektra’s cameo also ties into an inside joke related to Jennifer Garner’s personal life. In a recent interview with Variety, director Shawn Levy discussed Garner’s appearance and shared the backstory behind the (in)famous joke.

Director Shawn Levy chatted with Variety about various fascinating aspects of the film currently dominating theaters worldwide. He shared some key behind-the-scenes insights, including details about Elektra’s cameo and the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner joke.

There were a lot of gasps at the New York premiere at the jokes about Hugh’s and Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s divorce. Were those lines scripted? Were you concerned they’d be offended?

We never did a joke about or with anyone that we didn’t run by them first. Whether it was scripted, like the Daredevil line, or unscripted, like “He’s normally shirtless, but he’s let himself go since the divorce,” which was more of on-set improv, Ryan or I would always run the lines by performers and make sure everyone felt comfortable and that we were never punching down. It was all in a playful spirit that everyone felt good about. Those lines wouldn’t be in the movie if Hugh and Jen didn’t think they were funny.

Since he’s named-checked, was Ben Affleck ever in talks to return as Daredevil?

Early on, when we were looking at a 70-name menu of Marvel characters, Daredevil was on one of those lists, but never since those earliest of conversations, and never to the point of outreach or offers or anything like that. We made contact with everyone featured in the Fox tribute reel halfway through our end credits — and that’s dozens of actors who have been a part of that legacy. That was fun to build a love letter to those years, those characters, and all the actors who played them.

Source: Variety

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