19 Facts You Didnt Know About Deadpool

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Deadpool's humor countered the bleak 1990s Spiderman comics

In the 1990s, the frivolity of earlier comics was supplanted by a flood of grit and self-importance that effectively drained any humor from the medium. Spiderman in particular saw a sharp turn to more serious subject matter, inspiring Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld to construct a Spiderman-like character rejuvenated with sordid humor and a lack of pretension.

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Donald Glover was working on a Deadpool animated series

Atlanta creator and rapper Donald Glover (also known as Childish Gambino) announced in 2017 he’d been working on production for a Deadpool animated series alongside his brother, Stephen Glover. Sadly, in 2018 FX announced production on the series had been canceled after coming up against creative differences with the Glover brothers.

Stephen, series co-creator and creative partner to Donald, speculated the series had been canceled due to Marvel being unhappy with a script they’d written featuring singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

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Deadpool’s love of chimichangas comes from SNL

Throughout the comics, our protagonist’s love of the Tex-Mex dish becomes a running joke, consistently popping up throughout the series. Co-creator Fabian Nicieza explained the reference was an in-joke between himself and the late comics writer Mark Gruenwald; the basis being their shared love of a decades old Saturday Night Live skit wherein a group of corporate yuppies begin over-pronouncing simple Spanish words.

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Deadpool’s name has a morbid origin

While being experimented upon and tortured by the crazed scientist Ajax, Wade Wilson (Deadpool’s civilian identity) establishes a “dead poll” alongside his fellow prisoners; a bleak betting game speculating which of them would expire first. After surviving the extensive experimentation and subsequently escaping, Wilson aptly adorns himself with the “Deadpool” moniker.

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Deadpool granted a 13 year-old boy’s last wish.

Following a terminal cancer diagnosis, 13 year-old Connor McGrath, a massive Deadpool fan, contacted the Make-A-Wish foundation hoping to see a Deadpool special screening taking place prior to the film’s full release. Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds, touched by Connor’s story, later traveled to Edmonton, Canada to give Connor a private screening; making him the first person ever to see the film in its entirety.

Throughout the course of filming, Reynolds continued to visit critically ill children in costume through a partnership with the foundation.

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Dopinder’s name is an homage to a childhood classmate of Ryan Reynolds.

Dopinder, the anxiety-riddled and lovesick taxi driver charged with chauffeuring Deadpool, was named as an homage to a classmate Reynolds knew in elementary school who died after being struck by lightning.

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Reynolds said this is the last superhero he’ll ever play.

Prior to Deadpool, Reynolds had a rocky introduction to the world of superhero cinema with the 2011 film Green Lantern. The film barely broke even at the box office after grossing $219 million against a $200 million budget and the near universal vitriol the film garnered from critics certainly didn't help matters. However, DC and Reynolds seem to have taken the criticism in stride, even poking fun at the film in 2 separate scenes in the first Deadpool movie.

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Ryan Reynolds paid the film’s writers personally.

When 20th Century Fox (the film’s production company) refused to pay screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to offer onset input throughout production, Reynolds decided to pay the writers himself, believing them to be fundamental to the project’s success.

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Deadpool wasn’t expected to be so popular.

First appearing in a 1991 issue of The New Mutants, Deadpool was initially a fairly rote, derivative antagonist for the titular mutant gang to face off against. Only after making repeated appearances as a recurring character did he begin to flesh out his trademark sordid humor and antihero persona; eventually granting him his own, eponymous series.

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Deadpool’s swords are an homage to The Golden Girls.

Reynolds revealed the names of Deadpool’s 2 primary swords are “Bea” and “Arthur”; ostensibly a reference to the character’s pervasive fascination with the late actress that’s consistently depicted in the comics.

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Reynolds made Marvel Cinematic Universe history.

Traditionally, superhero movies aren’t renowned for their rich, dynamic performances and are conversely oft decried for their sacrifice of substance over style. Reynolds’s nuanced, hilarious portrayal of Deadpool broke from that archetype and earned him a Golden Globe nod, making him the first actor in the MCU to ever be nominated.

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Olivia Munn almost played Vanessa Carlysle.

Though the role would later be given to Morena Boccarin, Munn’s audition did eventually nab her the role of Psylocke in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse.

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Deadpool mocks his own creator.

In the franchise’s 2nd installment, Deadpool mocks Domino’s abilities, saying they must have been created by an artist who couldn’t draw feet. Deadpool’s co-creator, Rob Lefield, has been widely mocked for his avoidance of drawing the hands and feet of his character. Thankfully, Lefield reportedly loved the joke.

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The Xavier school might look very familiar.

The castle used to portray the mutant training academy, Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, has also appeared in the television series Smallville and the 2015 Disney film Descendants.

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The actor playing Colossus was already colossal.

Andre Tricoteux, the actor playing Russian X-Men member Colossus, is already 6’11 in real life but was a staggering 7’6 once he’d donned the Colossus suit.

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Reynolds and Deadpool share a certain genesis.

1991, the year Reynolds acting career began, is coincidentally the year the Deadpool character was first introduced in the comics.

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Angel Dust was initially 3 separate characters.

The first film’s secondary antagonist, Angel Dust, is an amalgamation of 3 different characters from early drafts of the script.

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The film took shots at its own production company.

Throughout the film, Deadpool makes frequent complaints and mentions of the film's relatively low budget; a fraction of that of comparable superhero blockbusters. In actuality, 20th Century Fox slashed the film’s budget by $7 million shortly before production began, necessitating significant rewrites in the script.

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The opening sequence was hotly debated in production.

The film’s opening sequence, wherein Deadpool smokes a cigarette, was nearly replaced with a joint in early shoots. Production ended up using a cigarette instead to highlight the character’s frequent self-debasement and sadomasochistic proclivities.

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