Deadpool Has A Junkyard Scene

09/04/2015 09:32 pm EDT

It's no secret that many American films and television series are shot in Canada to take advantage of the country's generous tax incentives, cheaper and equally talented labor and spectacular locales. 20th Century Fox's R-rated superhero flick Deadpool was one of those movies, filming up in Vancouver.

"We needed a junkyard, so we turned a giant yard where they scrap aircraft and surplus military equipment into a military salvage yard," production designer Sean Haworth told The Hollywood Reporter. "We brought in tons of extra material — heaps of old containers, planes, parts of helicopters and chewed-up trains. At first glance, Vancouver is a very modern, model-like city, so it's easy to be worried you won't find the falling-apart look. But we also found amazingly gritty old factories and alleyways and bars and docks."

You can get a glimpse of the junkyard set in Mario Lopez's follow-up interview with the film's star Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern, R.I.P.D.) that he conducted in May.

Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

Deadpool, directed by Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds, hits theaters on Feb. 12, 2016. You can check out every other upcoming Marvel movie on ComicBook.com's Comic Book Movie Release Schedule!

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