Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds reveal the cut musical number from an earlier Deadpool and Wolverine pitch

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool and Wolverine
(Image credit: Marvel Studios)

The first pitch for Deadpool and Wolverine featured an unusual musical number, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds have revealed. 

The MCU film, which is arriving in just a few weeks, will see Deadpool and Wolverine join forces to save the Marvel multiverse. 

When asked about the many strange rumors surrounding the movie at a press conference attended by 12DOVE, Jackman jokes: "There was a whole song and dance number for Wolverine – naked."

While that doesn't sound like the truth, Reynolds did chime in with something that was genuinely in the original pitch. "An earlier pitch of the film, there was a dance number with [Jackman] set to Elton John's 'I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues,'" he reveals. 

We have to say, if Wolverine is going to be singing and dancing to anything, we can't imagine a better tune than Elton John's classic. Plus, we know for certain that Jackman has the singing and dancing chops, thanks to his starring role in The Greatest Showman

"What Kevin Feige has built with the MCU is historic as far as a string of successes, but culture has its tide chart, culture has ebbs and flows, and one thing we do know is you can't keep doing the same thing ad nauseum and expect people to greet it with the same excitement," director Shawn Levy recently told our sister publication Total Film. "And so it just worked out really fortuitously because our movie is not like any MCU movie. Yeah, and I say that as a fan of a lot of MCU movies."

Deadpool and Wolverine arrives on July 25 in the UK and July 26 in the US. For everything else the MCU has in store, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows

TOPICS
Molly Edwards
Senior Entertainment Writer

I'm a Senior Entertainment Writer here at 12DOVE, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English. 

Read more
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
One of Deadpool and Wolverine's best fight scenes has been improved by a Marvel fan with a dream and serious editing skills
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
After the success of Deadpool and Wolverine, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are set to play middle-aged boy band members in a new comedy from director Shawn Levy
Deadpool & Wolverine
Hugh Jackman canceled a concert due to an "unforeseen conflict" and everyone has jumped to the same conclusion: Wolverine will return in the next Avengers movie
Deadpool and Wolverine
Marvel fans have just noticed a deep-cut comic Deadpool variant in Deadpool and Wolverine, and it's a perfect hidden joke
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Deadpool walking in front of a damaged store during the Marvel movie Deadpool and Wolverine.
There's a moment in Deadpool and Wolverine involving Spider-Man that you might have misinterpreted
Deadpool
Ryan Reynolds says joining the Avengers will be the end of Deadpool as "his ultimate dream is to be accepted"
Latest in Marvel Movies
Gemma Chan in Eternals
Eternals star Gemma Chan is hopeful she'll return to the MCU someday: "There's unfinished business there"
Sadie Sink as Max Mayfield in Stranger Things 4
Stranger Things star Sadie Sink joins Spider-Man 4 and fans are already theorizing she might be X-Men’s Jean Grey
Doctor Doom in Marvel Comics
The Russo brothers say Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars will draw inspiration from multiple comics – which explains how Doctor Doom might fit into the story
The cast of Thunderbolts
Marvel fans are revealing who they'd like to see added to the Thunderbolts lineup, from Moon Knight to a major Hulk villain
Black Widow
Scarlett Johansson doubles down on never coming back as Black Widow: “Natasha is dead. She is dead. She’s dead. Okay?"
Julian McMahon as Doctor Doom in 2005's Fantastic Four
The Doctor Doom actor from 2005's Fantastic Four thinks Robert Downey Jr.'s take on the role in the next Avengers movies will be "pretty extraordinary": "I love watching his work"
Latest in News
Assassin's Creed Shadows cinematic screenshot
I've found my Assassin's Creed Shadows playstyle, thanks to this clip of Yasuke smashing dudes with a huge club instead of sneaking around
World of Warcraft housing
World of Warcraft's new housing system lets you decorate without the floating hacks I've been using in Final Fantasy 14 for 11 years, and I weep
Gemma Chan in Eternals
Eternals star Gemma Chan is hopeful she'll return to the MCU someday: "There's unfinished business there"
two aliens firing miniguns
4 years after shutting down, this dead sci-fi MMO is being brought back to life, but there's no word on its canceled TV show tie-in
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Netflix wants Daniel Craig to join the cast of Greta Gerwig's Narnia movie – but it's not certain if he'll take it
The Last of Us
The Last of Us season 2 trailer breaks HBO viewing records, becoming the network's most-watched trailer