The runaway success of Deadpool & Wolverine saw the “merc with a mouth” join forces with Hugh Jackman’s Logan alongside a stable of notable cameos.
Deadpool & Wolverine shattered box office expectations with a $205 million domestic box office opening weekend, which is the biggest ever for an R-rated film as well as the eighth-highest of all time.
Beyond that, the film has been well reviewed – especially among audiences, where its 96% Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score is among the highest of 2024 so far, and also one of the highest scores ever for a Marvel film.
Of course, the “merc with a mouth’s” first foray into the MCU brought with it plenty of in-jokes, references, easter eggs and (perhaps most importantly) cameos to the Ryan Reynolds-led franchise.
Deadpool & Wolverine is stuffed to the gills with amusing in-jokes, easter eggs and wild cameos
With a six-year layoff since the last film in the franchise and a transfer of rights from 20th Century Fox to Disney – the butt of many a joke in the film’s just over two-hour runtime – there’s plenty of room for splashy cameos in the film, so read on to explore the seven best Deadpool & Wolverine cameos.
Aaron Stanford as Pyro
One welcome cameo was the appearance of the X-Men franchise’s original Pyro, played with aplomb by Aaron Stanford starting way back in 2003’s X2.
Pyro turns out to be a double agent working for Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfayden) within the film’s narrative and he begins an impassioned speech once Cassandra Nova’s psychic powers are stymied by Juggernaut’s helmet – only to be knocked out cold by Wolverine, who utters the line: “Not everyone gets a monologue.”
Channing Tatum as Gambit
Cameo master Channing Tatum gets his wish of playing the beloved X-Man Gambit in D & W. For some backstory, Tatum first signed on to write, direct and star in a raunchy Gambit film in the late 2010s, but the film was scrapped after the Fox/Disney merger in 2019.
Thankfully Tatum gets to employ the saucy (and hilarious) Cajun accent that he would’ve likely used in the film in D & W – though his voice and mannerisms are the subject of much mockery from Deadpool.
Jennifer Garner as Elektra
Another surprising appearance from a forgotten Marvel film, Jennifer Garner reprises her titular role from 2005’s Elektra, which itself was a spin-off of the Ben Affleck-led Daredevil film from 2003.
While Garner’s performance was praised in the original film, it was a critical and commercial flop. Still, Garner gets the last laugh in D & W as Deadpool consoles Elektra about Daredevil’s death, to which she quickly and dismissively cuts him off with a derisive “it’s fine” – a not-so-subtle reference to Affleck and Garner’s past relationship.
Henry Cavill as “Cavillrine”
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Another amusing appearance occurred when Deadpool was searching for a “replacement” Wolverine after the one from Logan did, in fact, turn out to be deceased.
‘Pool finds a hulking Logan working on a motorcycle with huge muscles, but when he turns around the Logan in question happens to be former Superman Henry Cavill. And in a fun meta joke that breaks the fourth wall, Deadpool refers to this character as simply “Cavillrine.”
Wesley Snipes as Blade
Almost all of these cameos come equipped with at least one good joke, but Wesley Snipes reprising his role from the three Blade films from the late ‘90s and early 2000s might have the best one.
Snipes as Blade claims that there will only ever be “one Blade,” to which Deadpool barrels the camera with a deadpan expression – since he and the audience both know that a Mahershala Ali-led Blade film has been in the works for several years.
Blake Lively as Ladypool
The reveal of Ladypool in D & W was foreshadowed and the reveal certainly lived up to the hype, but since Ladypool was never unmasked within the film, questions abounded revolving around who was under the mask and ponytail.
Unsurprisingly, the answer was Ryan Reynolds real life wife, Blake Lively, and she has since promoted the film at its premiere and a few other notable events. Beyond that, the couple’s four children also had roles in the film.
Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch
Perhaps the biggest cameo reveal in D & W was Chris Evans, Captain American himself, in the void. Of course, in true Deadpool franchise fashion, Evans was not playing his most memorable superhero role as Cap, but instead reprised his role as Johnny Storm/Human Torch from the original Fantastic Four franchise (2005-2007).
Seeing as those films are not highly regarded by Marvel aficionados (or seemingly anyone, including us here at Random Fandom, for that matter), it’s no surprise that D & W opted to include Evans in the film in the form of his less popular and oft-forgotten superhero character.
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