‘Deadpool’ Actor Karan Soni Teases More Cameos in Third Movie, Plus ‘a Lot of Surprises’: ‘Let’s Just Say a Lot of People Traveled to London’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Getting Hugh Jackman to reprise his role as Wolverine in the third “Deadpool” movie had been in the works long before Ryan Reynolds made the official announcement.
In fact, Karan Soni, who plays Dopinder in all three movies, says he wasn’t shocked when Jackman joined franchise. “When we were making the second one, Ryan was plotting back then,” Soni told me Monday at the South Asians at the Oscar party on the Paramount lot. “I remember him spilling that at lunch one day that he had started a conversation with Hugh.
I remember saying, ‘People are going to flip out!’ Then the studio got sold to Disney and a lot of other stuff happened. But, of course, Ryan followed through because it was dream casting.” “Deadpool and Wolverine” marks Jackman’s return as the iconic character after he died in the 2017 film “Logan.” The Shawn Levy-directed Marvel Studios film wrapped last January in London after shooting was delayed due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
It is set for release on July 26. Soni was very careful about spilling too much – “This new MCU version is ultra-secretive,” he said – but teased that fans will be blown away by what else is included in the film. “There are a lot of surprises,” he said, adding, “Let’s just say a lot of people traveled to London.” Several MCU cameos have been rumored, but little has been officially revealed.
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