Disney vetoed one joke from being in Deadpool & Wolverine, and now fans finally know what was deemed too-far for the studio.
Director Shawn Levy previously said there was âonly one line in the entire movie that we were asked to change,â telling Entertainment Weekly in August that he and star Ryan Reynolds made a âpactâ to âgo to our grave with that line.â
However, Marvel Studios has shared the filmâs official screenplay online as part of a For Your Consideration campaign this awards season, and in the script, that original deleted line is revealed.
In the scene where Deadpool (Reynolds) asks if Magneto is also in the film, heâs told the character is dead. He then says, âFâ! What, we canât even afford one more X-Man? Disney is so cheap. I can barely breathe with all this Mickey Mouse câk in my throat.â
The actual line in the final cut of the movie is: âFâ, now Disney gets cheap? Itâs like Pinocchio jammed his face in my ass and started lying like crazy.â
The scene features the surprise cameos made by Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Wesley Snipes as Blade and Channing Tatum as Gambit. The screenplay showcases the Stranger Thingsâinspired code names the writers used to keep the charactersâ identities a secret. Gambit is âGatsby,â Elektra is âElevenâ and Blade is âBilly,â plus, earlier, Chris Evansâ Johnny Storm is listed as âJonathan Byers.â
The screenplayâs writers include Reynolds, Levy, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Zeb Wells.
In the previous EW interview, Levy, 56, recalled his reaction to Reynolds substituting the Mickey Mouse joke with the âequally dirty line of dialogue about Pinocchio.â
âI was like, âRyan, thatâs your replacement line in response to can we clean it up?â Thatâs Ryan Reynolds for you, audacious to the very edge,â he said.
Thereâs another line in the movie in which Deadpool says that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made cocaine jokes âoff limitsâ for the movie.
Feige previously addressed that moment, telling Variety, âI didnât say they couldnât. But we were talking about everybody always being afraid of Disney-fying things. This is the biggest entertainment company in the world for 100 years. You should be so lucky to Disney-fy everything!â
âBut what people mean by that is shaving down the rough edges,â the producer continued. âWe were open to everything. I had said there were some things that we could evolve. After about the 28th time you do a joke, sometimes itâs not as funny. Maybe Iâm slightly prudish when it comes to drug use. But I was like, âEh, itâs not that funny,â in passing. Ryan, of course, stores everything in his brain for later use as excellent jokes. And he added it to the script.â
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In a video for Fandango, Reynolds said he was âproudâ of Disney for being on board with his R-rated vision on the Deadpool sequel.
âI hope it doesnât sound condescending, Iâm really proud of them for doing this. I think itâs a huge step for them. I mean, it adds a whole other color to this kaleidoscopic wheel that is that company and the different people that they have been entertaining forever,â he said, adding, âI was surprised though, that they let us go as hard-R, but very grateful. I mean thereâs no other way to do it.â
Deadpool & Wolverine is now streaming on Disney+.
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