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Sorry, Swifties, there’s no secret footage of this Taylor Swift on the Deadpool and Wolverine cutting room floor.
Director Shawn Levy emphatically stated in an interview with Entertainment weekly published on Monday, August 5, that speculation that Swift could appear in the film as superhero Dazzler was just that: speculation. The pop star is of course good friends with it Ryan Reynolds and his wife, Blake Livelywhich caused a fan frenzy over a cameo.
“I’ve definitely had moments where I was afraid I was going to disappoint people when they realized that Taylor as Dazzler wasn’t in the movie, but there’s no control over the internet, and rumors spread like wildfire,” she said. Levy at the outlet.
“It was never a conversation. It has never been the seed of a discussion. Obviously, Ryan and Blake, and myself, to a much lesser extent, have our own relationships with Taylor in real life,” he added. “But yes, those rumors were loud and somewhat baffling, but nothing I said or did could quiet them until this movie came out.”
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In a separate interview with Variety on Monday, Levy said, “That was one of the loudest rumors that came out of nowhere. It was never true. Thank you, the Internet, for putting up such a smokescreen of rumors and half-truths so that no one ever knew what was going to happen.”
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Swift may not be present Deadpool and Wolverine, but there are plenty of cameos in the Marvel blockbuster, including several members of the Reynolds household. Lively, 36, makes a masked appearance as Lady Deadpool, while Lively and Reynolds’ 7-year-old daughter Inez plays Kidpool. The couple’s 18-month-old son, Olin, also has a brief cameo as Babypool.
Swift, meanwhile, has proudly expressed her support for Deadpool and Wolverine from the sidelines. Upon its release in July, the “Fortnight” singer praised the film via her Instagram Stories.
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“Over the last few years, I have watched one of my best friends on this planet pour every bit of his heart, soul, sweat, time, energy, jokes, pain, joy, rebellion, darkness and magic into this movie” Swift, 34, shared. “He has created the best work of his life, and the film feels like a real joy portal, a wild escape from reality and an abs sandwich. I don’t know how he did it.”
While Swift appeared to talk about her longtime friend Reynolds, 47, who co-wrote and co-produced the superhero film, she teased him by directing the tribute to his colleague. Hugh Jackman instead of.
“But that’s just Hugh!” she wrote alongside a photo of herself, Jackman, 55, Reynolds, Lively and Levy at a Kansas City Chiefs game in October 2023. “These other random people crashed the photo and we were too polite to ask them to leave.”
“Shout out to Wade Wilson, aka my godchildren’s sperm donor!” she added, referring to Reynolds’ character.