Shawn Levy Thanks the Internet for Wild Rumors That Hid the Actual Plot of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: “No one ever knew what was going to happen”
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was heavily marketed pretty much since the movie was first announced. The thing is, the marketing campaign officially started during last year’s Superbowl when the first trailer was released. Much of the “unofficial” things related to the movie were shared on social media and leaker subreddits.
And some of the wildest rumors were spread on the Internet, starting with the rumor that ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is going to include cameos of the British royal family, and that Taylor Swift is going to play Lady Deadpool.
Taylor Swift was first rumored to appear in the movie as Dazzler, then when the character was confirmed not to be in the movie it’s been heavily speculated that the singer would play the Lady Deadpool variant, a role that notably went to Blake Lively.
Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds never confirmed these rumors, but they never exactly went out of their way to debunk them. In fact, they often hinted and referenced that Swift would appear in the movie, and Marvel Studios itself heavily relied on social media to “spread the message around.” In his recent interview with Variety, Levy said that Swift was never planned to be a part of the movie, but he thanked the Internet for protecting the movie’s secrets in the best way that it could – by spreading rumors:
That was one of the loudest rumors that came out of nowhere. It was never true. Thank you, internet, for building such a smokescreen of rumors and half-truths so that no one ever knew what was going to happen.
I have to mention once again it’s not like it really came out of nowhere, it was a random cast yes, mostly beacuse the singer is connected to the Reynolds family, but as I’ve said the movie’s official marketing fueled the rumors further by also relying on hidden hints and references.
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