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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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Trivia: SPOILER: When Deadpool is facing down the regenerated Deadpool Corp at the end, he tells them that the multiverse thing just isn't working and that they should take the loss. This is a reference to the films of the "Multiverse Saga" of the MCU generally not being as well received as the films from the preceding "Infinity Saga."

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Trivia: The one-handed variant of Wolverine that Deadpool encounters in the alley is the version of Wolverine from the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline in the comics.

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Trivia: Ben Affleck was spotted on set during filming, which led to speculation that he would be appearing as Daredevil, particularly as it was already confirmed by the studio that his ex-wife Jennifer Garner was returning as Elektra from the 2003 Daredevil film and its self-titled 2005 spin-off. It turns out Affleck was just visiting their children, as they still have a great co-parenting relationship.

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Trivia: Halle Berry stirred up rumors that she would be appearing in this film, when, during its production, she posted an image of herself on social media sporting a Storm-like hairstyle. Berry told ComicBook.com that Ryan Reynolds' wife, Blake Lively, asked her if she was interested in appearing in the film, to which Berry affirmed, but that Reynolds himself never approached her. Berry's aforementioned hairstyle was seemingly for the Netflix film, "The Union."

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Trivia: SPOILER: When Blade is about to blow up the entrance to Cassandra Nova's lair with a Punisher variant's AT4, Deadpool asks which Punisher it belonged to, stating there have been about "five of him." Blade responds by saying there's only one Blade, and there only ever will be, which causes Deadpool to look into the camera. This is a reference to Mahershala Ali being cast as Blade all the way back in 2019, with his planned film suffering numerous delays to the start of its production.

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