Why Deadpool 2 Was Right To Reverse Vanessa's Death Scene
Using time-travel to undo a major character death would typically be frowned upon, but Deadpool 2 made the right call with Morena Baccarin's Vanessa. Though it's difficult to deny Ryan Reynolds' Wade Wilson was the star of 2016's Deadpool movie, he shone brighter thanks to a vibrant supporting cast, and none deserve his appreciation more than Morena Baccarin's Vanessa… which makes Deadpool 2's decision to kill her off all the more surprising. Wade's home is attacked by armed assassins during the opening act, and despite the mercenary's best efforts, Vanessa catches a bullet, sending Deadpool on a downward spiral of character progression.
Vanessa reappears in ethereal hallucination form throughout the remainder of Deadpool 2, but when the credits roll, she remains very much dead. Midway through those credits, however, Deadpool is shown using Cable's time travel device to fix key events in his past — accepting the Green Lantern job, appearing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and most important of all, failing to save Vanessa. The mid-credits time-hopping scenes have since been confirmed as canon, and Morena Baccarin recently revealed her mid-credits revival came about in response to test screenings and online reactions, which were less than enthused by Vanessa's untimely exit from the franchise.
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Though post-credit death reversals aren't for everyone, Deadpool 2 made the right choice in Vanessa's particular case. Fox's first Deadpool movie arguably pigeonholed Wade's girlfriend into the «damsel in distress» role, but Baccarin broke that mold by playing a love interest as atypical as her superhero partner. Wade and Vanessa's sweet relationship proved a surprisingly
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