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Inside ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’s’ Shockingly Sweet Eulogy for 20th Century Fox
For all its raunchy fun, "Deadpool & Wolverine" is a love letter to the defunct studio behind the "X-Men" universe.
And to salute those spandexed heroes whose cinematic exploits were cut short by corporate mergers or dwindling box office results, director Shawn Levy recruited a who’s who of discarded Marvel characters — including Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Chris Evans’ Human Torch (of “Fantastic Four”) and Wesley Snipes’ Blade — for cameos. But cue the waterworks during the end credits of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” when a montage of behind-the- scenes footage from this library of titles plays over Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” And that look back is resonating strongly with many of those projects’ filmmakers, actors and executives, who weren’t expecting to get all choked up watching a bawdy adventure. But Halle Berry’s Storm, Pat- rick Stewart’s Professor X and the blue-tinted Mystique (portrayed early on by Rebecca Romijn, then rebooted by Jennifer Lawrence) are immortalized in Halloween costumes and TikTok makeup tutorials to this day.
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