He might be an unkillable pain in the you-know-what, but there was a time when Ryan Reynolds considered Wade Wilson meeting his end in the final act of Deadpool & Wolverine. During his appearance on The Box Office podcast, when he also discussed his pitch of an R-rated Star Wars movie, Reynolds confessed that his beloved alter-ego almost met his end, only for the studios to suggest otherwise.
“There’s always the thought of killing Deadpool in the last one,” Reynolds explained. “Again, it’s like listening to the movie. Me, [editors] Shane Reid, Dean Zimmerman, and [director] Shawn Levy must have reworked that third act for 45 days straight." In the end, it took the inclusion of Madonna's "Like a Prayer" to change his tune. "Finally figuring it out — I am such a needle-drop person, but I’m really working hard to embrace score. It was Rob Simonsen who really helped us get there by blending score, needle drop, and all these things that gave you that feeling we were working for.”
