Ryan Reynolds doesn't just play the Merc with the Mouth. He’s also the king of on-set secrets, as proven by his creative lengths to keep all those Deadpool and Wolverine cameos under wraps. While fans were thrilled to see Wesley Snipes (Blade), Channing Tatum (Gambit), Jennifer Garner (Elektra), and Dafne Keen (X-23) in the new Marvel movie, Reynolds admitted he was terrified about leaks, He even went as far as to say that those risks kept him “up at night,” and I would've been the same way.
In the recently released movie commentary (via Games Radar ), the Just Friends actor reveals how the production team worked to prevent major spoilers for Deadpool 3 from leaking during filming. He explained the team’s strategy, specifically when it came to one piece of intrusive technology: I was so fucking scared that people would see [Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner, and Dafne Keen]. Genuinely, it kept me up at night.
.. We managed to lock the area off enough and we had a plan in place if anyone saw a drone – because oftentimes they got images via drone.
If anyone saw a drone, we would yell it out and basically everyone runs for cover. We never had to actually deploy that little tactic, but I lived in fear of this coming out. While many productions go to elaborate lengths to keep spoilers locked down—think fake scripts or shooting decoy scenes—Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy opted for a much more straightforward (and somewhat hilarious) solution to shou.