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Trivia: This is the first X-Men-centric film to gross over $1 billion.

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Trivia: Gambit's brother Bobby is voiced by Tony Daniels. Daniels would go on to voice Gambit for the final 6 episodes of the series after Gambit's original voice actor, Chris Potter, had left.

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Stupidity: Despite knowing how smart and resourceful Cooper is, the SWAT team leaves him alone and unsupervised in the police truck at the very end, which allows him to pick the locks on his handcuffs with the bicycle spoke he had concealed up his shirt sleeve.

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Trivia: Rob McElhenney, who co-owns Wrexham A.F.C. with Ryan Reynolds, filmed a cameo scene as one of the TVA's Minutemen. He said on his social media that he traveled 6 thousand miles to film his cameo, only to learn upon watching the film that his cameo had been cut. Reynolds would later clarify that his cameo was cut because the sequence wasn't working the way they had constructed it.

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Trivia: The character in Cassandra Nova's forces wearing the red-and-white-striped shirt is The Russian, who was portrayed by Kevin Nash in 2004's The Punisher. Nash said he was fine with another actor playing the role in this film, as he isn't as interested in appearing in movies anymore because of his age. Tyler Mane, who plays Sabretooth, was actually a professional wrestling tag team partner of Kevin Nash. Nash himself was offered the role of Sabretooth in X-Men, but couldn't accept it.

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Trivia: Ryan Reynolds offered Nicolas Cage a cameo role in this film as Ghost Rider. Reynolds offered no explanation as to why Cage turned it down, but since Cage is known for accepting almost any role he is offered, it may have just been a scheduling issue.

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Trivia: Director Shawn Levy was one of the finalists to direct the Channing Tatum-starring Gambit movie that never came to be.

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Trivia: Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy personally went to Madonna's house to convince her to let them use "Like a Prayer" in the film, which she otherwise never licenses out for films.

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Trivia: SPOILER: On its opening weekend alone, this became the highest grossing film of Wesley Snipes' career. Prior to its release, he had never appeared in a movie that made at least $100 million at the domestic box office.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Following his appearance in this film, Guinness World Records recognized Wesley Snipes as having the longest career for playing a Marvel character in live action at 25 years and 340 days, surpassing the record previously held by Patrick Stewart. He also had the longest gap between appearances, at 19 years and 231 days, surpassing the record previously held by Alfred Molina.

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Trivia: The lead role was originally intended for Mike Mizanin's fellow WWE wrestler, Randy Orton. Orton was replaced when WWE realised that casting him in the lead role would be bad optics, given that Orton was a former Marine who was once court-martialed for going AWOL.

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Stupidity: When Wolverine is trying to prevent Deadpool from sacrificing himself by destroying the time ripper device, he repeatedly pounds his fists against the glass panel on the door to break it, to no avail, which leads him to then go to another heavy door, which he is only able to break down in the nick of time. Wolverine's adamantium claws would have easily destroyed the glass on the other door, without him having to repeatedly and futilely punch it.

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Trivia: When Deadpool is looking for a Wolverine variant, he comes upon one that is crucified on an X above a hill of skulls. This is a recreation of the cover of Uncanny X-Men #251.

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Trivia: This film set the record for the highest opening weekend box office for an R-rated film, with $211 million domestically, shattering the $132 million record set by the first Deadpool film. This also gave it the 6th largest opening weekend in history, regardless of MPAA rating. It is also the second R-rated film, after Joker, to gross $1 billion globally, as well as the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

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Continuity mistake: When Deadpool is talking to Wolverine's skeleton, in one shot the skeleton's mouth is closed, but in the next shot it is open.

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Trivia: The gray-haired Wolverine variant on the porch that shoots Deadpool is a reference to Old Man Logan, on which the film Logan was loosely based.

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Trivia: In addition to being short in stature accurate to his comic book counterpart, the first Wolverine variant that Deadpool encounters has very hairy arms. Wolverine in the comics is likewise hirsute.

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Trivia: SPOILER: When the Henry Cavill version of Wolverine attacks Deadpool, the way he pops out his claws is similar to how Henry Cavill "reloaded" his arms during the bathroom fight scene of Mission: Impossible Fallout.

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Trivia: Following the screening of this film in Hall H at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said it was the best movie experience of his life.

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Trivia: SPOILER: Ryan Reynolds personally called Wesley Snipes to ask him to come back to play Blade. Snipes said prior to that phone call, he didn't think his return was possible. Snipes also said he had a better understanding of Reynolds' style of humor while making this film, which made for a more enjoyable experience as opposed to the tension it caused between the two while filming Blade: Trinity.

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