Unfortunately, theyd written it without knowing Marvels plans for Downeys return to the MCU as Doctor Doom.
According to Wernick, Behind the scenes, we didnt know about the Doctor Doom [plans].
And theres no way he was going to do both.
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And then we said, Oh, Downey doesnt say No to Ryan Reynolds, does he?
No one says no to Ryan Reynolds.
And Ryan gave him the hard press.
It was a version of what you saw, in the sense that [the Avengers] rejected Wade.
He just said he wasnt a team player or whatever and questioned his team-player abilities.
So it was actually pretty close to the scene that you saw.
It just had two guys instead of one, he said.
I mean, look, we wouldve loved to have Downey.
So, to have him be Tony Stark?
Knowing that Doctor Doom was coming on the heels of that?
It just didnt make sense.
And Wade was rejected and then he dressed all the Avengers down in a way only Deadpool could do.
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