Josh Brolin candidly reacted to his absence from the new Deadpool film. The actor played Cable in Deadpool 2 , but revealed earlier this year that he did not get the invite to return for the divisive latest instalment , which is categorically not a third film in the Deadpool franchise . Instead, it’s a film shared by both Deadpool and Wolverine starring Welcome to Wrexham star Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, who has reprised his role of the grizzled mutant despite seemingly retiring him in 2017’s Logan .
Months before the film became one of the year’s biggest hits – after just days of release – Brolin was alerted to the fact that, while he was not attached to the project, his name appeared on its list of credits on IMDb. When Bingeworthy asked him if this means he actually will be in the film, Brolin said: “Am I? Yes! I so wanted to be in that movie.” Explaining his absence from the film, the actor, who was promoting the new season of his now-cancelled Prime Video series Outer Range , then said: “[Marvel] is a more complex labyrinth than Outer Range will ever be, my friend.
And I will never know where that went or what that is or what I’m involved with or what I’m not involved with – the MCU being so involved now. He added: “Cable was a lot of fun. I really liked doing that role.
That was a lot of fun.” Brolin previously played the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) villain Thanos. The new Deadpool film, titled Deadpool & Wolverine , is the first in the.