Warning: Spoilers ahead. Here come the Deadpool variants! Deadpool & Wolverine‘s final trailer features a special cameo that definitely surprised Marvel fans. Lady Deadpool makes her grand debut and fans are freaking out about who’s playing her.
Deadpool & Wolverine delves more into the different timelines of the MCU. When Deadpool is pulled by the TVA, Deadpool meets a slew of characters that we’re all familiar with, but also those who we’re pretty unfamiliar with (but maybe familiar with their actors!).
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The woman variant of the beloved character walks out in the trailer amid the smoke and chaos for a split second. She struts with the iconic costume with a high-top ponytail, but you can already tell she’s gonna be one of the highlights among the many many cameos in the movie. With all the hype surrounding the latest movie, Marvel fans speculated who’s behind the mask or if it’s just Ryan Reynolds’ body with a female’s head superimposed. “I know it’s probably Blake Lively but it’d be SO funny if Lady Deadpool is just Ryan Reynolds in a wig,” read a viral post on X. Below is who’s actually playing Lady Deadpool and all the theories surrounding who’s playing the gender-bent character.
Who plays Lady Wolverine?
Blake Lively
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Blake Lively plays Lady Deadpool. It’s confirmed in the credits of the movie. Lady Deadpool leads the Deadpool Corps which comprises Cowboy Deadpool, Dogpool, Headpool, Kidpool, and among others.
Blake Lively has posted her support of her husband Ryan Reynolds and his newest superhero movie. “Brb I’m buying milky pens to write your name on my hand @vancityreynolds,” she wrote in a caption of a picture of her kissing her husband in full costume and makeup. “MY WORD… it’s hard not to encourage my ladies to spot all the ways we’ve influenced @deadpoolmovie I’ve never been more proud.” The actress also made a statement at the Deadpool & Wolverine red carpet when she dressed in Deadpool colors alongside one of her best friends Gigi Hadid who dressed gorgeously in Miu Miu in Wolverine colors.
Taylor Swift
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The top two guesses of who plays Lady Deadpool included the Gossip Girl actress as well as her IRL BFF Taylor Swift. However, Ryan Reynolds has confirmed that Taylor Swift doesn’t appear in the movie. “I wish!” he told when Jimmy Fallon asked him on The Tonight Show. “Taylor, you know, If I ever stop, she’d make a good Deadpool. She’s funny. Funny!”
Ryan Reynolds
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Ryan Reynolds has also denied the rumors that he plays Lady Deadpool. Playing coy about his co-star’s identity he told Access Hollywood, “I love listening to the conspiracy theories. My favorite one that traveled quite a bit I saw was me. I don’t know how I could do that with my hips, I cannot walk like that to save my life. My shoulders – they’re absurdly broad for a suit like that, so no, it is not me.”