Deadpool & Wolverine got an ending makeover on the suggestion of Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds wife.
The summer’s billion-dollar Marvel installment, which stars Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as superheroes, fate hang in the balance after abolishing the time ripper in the film’s thrilling conclusion.
This led fans hanging on the cliffhanger whether the superheroes survived or not.
“Credit where credit is due. It used to be that there was no suspense, that the power room blew up, and our heroes had survived,” director Shawn Levy says on the director’s commentary release of the film, reported by Games Radar.
“It was Blake Lively who said to us, ‘You know, I’ve been with you this whole movie. I want to sit in the fear that they’re lost. Let me be in that place of suspense so the triumph of their survival is more emotional and visceral.’”
Levy added, “It really opened up a new way of thinking about this part of the movie and it’s why we did this reshoot… and, here, the payoff is so much more satisfying.”
Reynolds — who also served as a producer for the record-breaking film — revealed that the team only did a day-and-a-half of reshoots.
“These kinds of movies typically involve weeks of reshoots. But this speech that Matthew has is one of the pieces that we reshot. And he is miraculous.”
Deadpool & Wolverine dropped in cinemas worldwide on July 25, 2024.