Reynolds first played a version of Deadpool in the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He later starred as a different, wise-cracking version of the character in Deadpool (2016), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), the last of which grossed $1.34bn at the global box office, making it the second biggest film of 2024.

Ryan Reynolds has addressed Deadpool's potential return in the next Avengers movie. The actor recently reprised his role as the wisecracking antihero in Marvel 's latest blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine, which brought in over $1 billion at the worldwide box office following its release in July.