Ryan Reynolds Asked Nicolas Cage to Cameo in Deadpool and Wolverine

Ryan Reynolds confirmed he tried to get Nicolas Cage to make a cameo as Ghost Rider in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Early idea artwork for the film, revealed by Marvel Studios visible improvement supervisor Rodney Fuentebella following its July launch, exhibits that at the least one level, Cage and Ben Affleck’s Daredevil have been thought-about for cameos alongside Jennifer Garner, Chris Evans and Wesley Snipes.

Alas, it wasn’t to be, Reynolds shared on the Thursday, November 7, episode of Leisure Weekly’s “The Awardist” podcast.

“They have been in early drafts. We had variations of that [sequence], however then because it shook out, you’re type of trying … We’re attempting to make the film responsibly, as properly,” mentioned Reynolds, who not solely starred in Deadpool 3 however cowrote and government produced the movie. “It’s a giant price range. It’s the largest price range of any of the Deadpool films, however you wish to give your self as a lot constraint, which actually I believe facilitates asymmetrical considering and creativity. When you have an excessive amount of time or an excessive amount of cash, it normally murders that type of creativity. So, yeah, you’re shrinking issues.”

In Cage’s case, an strategy was made to have the Oscar winner reprise his function as Ghost Rider. (Cage performed the character in 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which have been launched by twentieth Century Fox. Affleck performed the title character in 2003’s Daredevil, additionally launched by Fox.)

“However we did speak to Nic Cage. We tried to get him, however he was a no-go … I might’ve beloved him,” mentioned Reynolds.

Deadpool & Wolverine is one thing of a love letter to the Marvel films produced by Fox — together with the primary two Deadpool films, the X-Males films and extra — earlier than the comedian guide firm fashioned its personal studio and earlier than Disney acquired Fox in 2019.

Evans reprises his function as Johnny Storm/Human Torch from Fox’s Improbable 4 films launched within the 2000s. Garner returns as Elektra from Fox’s Daredevil, Snipes as Blade, and Dafne Eager as Laura/X-23 from Logan. Channing Tatum, in the meantime, lastly will get to play X-Males character Gambit on the large display screen. The actor was set to star in his personal X-Males spinoff because the Cajun superhero, nevertheless it toiled in improvement at Fox and was finally scrapped after Disney acquired the studio.

In August, X-Males actress Halle Berry revealed that she would have been all the way down to reprise her function as Storm within the film, however claimed Reynolds by no means requested her.

“Blake requested me one time,” Berry mentioned, referring to Reynolds’ spouse, Blake Energetic (who additionally has a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine). “I bumped into her at a Marc Jacobs style present, and he or she mentioned, ‘Would you ever be in my husband’s film as Storm?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, if he requested me,’ however he by no means requested me.”

Different cameos in Deadpool 3 embody Henry Cavill instead model of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, and Reynolds and Energetic’s kids, Inez and Olin, who seem as Kidpool and Babypool respectively.