*Spoilers for Deadpool 2 ahead*
Deadpool 2 is raking in a ton of attention with its now $300 million dollar sum at the box office along with the praise being showered on the film by critics and fans alike. Many have considered it to be better than the original due to its visceral action scenes and bold humour. Overall, it’s a great time at the movies. However, it wasn’t initially supposed to be all smiles as writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had a much darker ending planned.
The post-credits scene in Deadpool 2 is being regarded as one of the best in superhero film history with Wade going back in time and stopping the unspeakable events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Green Lantern. It also included a scene where Wade prevented Vanessa’s death. Reese and Wernick spoke to CBR and revealed that the Vanessa was not resurrected in the original ending. One half of the duo, Reese stated that:
“We originally did not save her. It was interesting — we thought we might have to save her with the time machine, because the audience would be mad at us, but they were accepting of her being dead.”
It’s obvious they changed their minds, fearing audiences would reject this. Wernick thought the change was necessary, stating:
“It was a difficult decision, but one, story-wise, that we felt we had to make”.
It seems like that last statement is being thrown around a lot lately with directors and actors claiming that a resurrection was a better move than an emotional death ala Tom Hiddleston on Loki’s initial fate being permanent in Thor: The Dark World. To some, it may no doubt seem like a cop-out but in a way, it would make sense for Wade to go back and stop the death of Vanessa if he acquires such a device.
Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe template of resurrecting presumably dead characters, Deadpool actually had a solid reason to do it. It would be nice to see a little more emotional weight but this is honestly as true to a character as anyone could ever be in a superhero film.
Source: CBR
