James Gunn Talked to Ryan Reynolds About Deadpool Showing Up in Peacemaker, 'But I Think We Would've Had to Go Through Some Pretty Big Hoops'

"Full Nelson," the play finale of Peacemaker Season 2 (review), is present retired successful the world, and James Gunn is talking astir the process of making the occurrence -- including a woulda-coulda-shoulda cameo by nary different than Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool from Marvel.

During a virtual property league that Gunn held this week, and which I attended, the writer-director was asked if determination were immoderate universes that helium wanted to picture successful the finale that helium didn't get a accidental to include. This is simply a notation to the galore dimensions that are accessible via Peacemaker's Quantum Unfolding Chamber (if you don't ticker the show, conscionable spot america -- it's a full thing), respective of which are concisely glimpsed successful the episode.

"Yeah, I wanted them to unfastened the doorway and spot Deadpool successful a room," laughed Gunn. "And I talked to Ryan Reynolds astir it, but I deliberation we would've had to spell done immoderate beauteous large hoops to bash that! He wanted to bash it."

Of course, since Deadpool exists successful the MCU... oregon astatine the precise slightest successful the Fox Marvel-verse, which is portion of the MCU's multiverse these days, specified an quality would've been confirmation that the DCU and the MCU not lone co-exist, but could besides transverse implicit someday. That said, the ineligible maneuverings to marque specified a crossover hap would surely beryllium monumental, truthful it's not astonishing it was a no-go.

Gunn besides joked that present that helium revealed this almost-cameo by Reynolds that "that's each anybody's going to speech astir now. Is fucking Deadpool successful the different room? I should person ne'er said it!"

And truthful what's wherefore we wrote this story!