Deadpool 2 Ending Was Changed To Reverse Vanessa's Death
The poor reaction in Deadpool 2 test screenings to the infamous death scene for Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) led the studio and director David Leitch to include a post-credits tease that the character might still be alive. Vanessa’s death was a central story point in the blood-flecked sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds, who reprised his role from the 2016 original. Audiences were unhappy with “fridging” the character, or killing off a female character to further a male character’s storyline.
The scene is minor, but its implications for Vanessa’s future are large. During the post-credits montage, wherein Wade Wilson undoes the biggest continuity error in his timeline (including a hilarious diss to 2011’s much-maligned Green Lantern flick), he also manages to save Vanessa just before she is killed. This sets the character on the path toward a return in future Deadpool films and allows for her to continue in Wade Wilson’s stories.
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Baccarin was interviewed by Syfy regarding the controversial ending for her character. She also spoke on the decision to reverse Vanessa’s death, stating that she and Reynolds were "testing so well" and that the death scene had upset audiences, both in test screenings and online reactions. Check out the full quote below:
«I feel like I got a call from David Leitch one day, and he was just like: 'You know, your [scenes] with Ryan are testing so well in this movie, and people are getting so upset [online] that she's dead, so we're gonna have to leave the door open for her to possibly come back.'»
Baccarin’s Vanessa is a character who in the Marvel comic books becomes a superhero in her own right alongside Wade Wilson, known as Copycat. In the films,
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