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Deadpool & Wolverine: Aaron Stanford Reveals How Chris Evans Role Was Kept A Secret

Fate is the only reason Chris Evans’ Deadpool & Wolverine role wasn’t leaked.
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In the digital age, it’s increasingly more difficult to film an entire movie without major plot points leaking ahead of time, even more so when the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters the fray. As was the case with most Marvel products, Deadpool & Wolverine found itself victim to a handful of set photo leaks, revealing the return of some surprise multiverse characters from 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. One surprise that wasn’t leaked, however, was the involvement of Chris Evans’ Human Torch.

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As Deadpool & Wolverine star Aaron Stanford tells ComicBook, it was pure luck the paparazzi showed up when they did, otherwise they may have been able to leak significantly bigger leaks.

“That whole [scene] was shot in that enormous, Mad Max-like Wasteland and the reason why those photos leaked was that it was the one place they were not able to secure because it was outside. All the paparazzi set up outside like half a mile away with telephoto lenses and got the shots, because they just have to deliver those spoilers,” Stanford says in an exclusive interview with our Phase Zero podcast.

He adds, “I think the reason you didn’t see Chris in that scene is that because that particular scene was split up pre-strike and post-strike, so we were in there shooting that scene the very first day I worked and that was the day Chris worked. We all went for however many months it took to settle the strike, and when we came back we shot the backend of that sequence. That was the day the paparazzi showed up and Chris wasn’t there.”

Who’s all inย Deadpool & Wolverine?

In Marvel Studios’ย Deadpool & Wolverine,ย Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) change the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). The film also starsย Matthew Macfadyenย as Paradox, andย Emma Corrinย as Cassandra Nova, with the return ofย Deadpoolย alumsย Morena Baccarinย as Vanessa Carlysle,ย Leslie Uggamsย as Blind Al,ย Karan Soniย as Dopinder,ย Stefan Kapiฤiฤ‡ย as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus,ย Brianna Hildebrandย as Negasonic Teenage Warhead,ย Rob Delaneyย as Peter, andย Lewis Tanย as Shatterstar.ย Aaron Stanfordย is returning as Pyro from theย X-Menย film series, withย Jennifer Garnerย rumored to return as Elektra Natchios.ย 

Kevin Feige, Ryan Reynolds,ย Shawn Levyย and Lauren Shuler Donner produce withย Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen,ย Rhett Reese,ย Paul Wernick, George Dewey andย Simon Kinbergย serving as executive producers.ย Deadpool & Wolverineย is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick &ย Zeb Wellsย & Shawn Levy.ย Deadpool & Wolverineย is now exclusively in theaters.