Ryan Reynolds’ Tributes to His Secret Deadpool & Wolverine Co-Stars Have Been Wonderful

For the longest time, Ryan Reynolds couldn’t say anything. He couldn’t say who was in Deadpool & Wolverine. He couldn’t say who wasn’t. And, if you’ve ever watched Ryan Reynolds in anything, you know keeping his mouth shut does not come naturally to him.

Now that the film is out though, Reynolds can finally speak about everyone who appears in the movie and it’s been a really touching experience. Over the past week or so, the star, co-writer, and producer of Deadpool & Wolverine has used his social media to pay tribute to actors like Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner, Dafne Keen, and just today, Jon Favreau, who all have surprise supporting roles in the film. You can read each post below and, bonus, each comes with new photos from behind the scenes of the film.

Jon Favreau didn’t just jump into #DeadpoolAndWolverine for a quick one night stand as Happy Hogan. He gave us the 360 degree vision of an, innovator, foundational Marvel forefather and ace storyteller. And if I have his number right, he is WILDLY uncomfortable with everything… pic.twitter.com/bdaD5n7xeS

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 7, 2024

When Dafne Keen shows up in #DeadpoolAndWolverine she shines her light toward the big beating heart of the movie. Dafne and Hugh standing next to each other is a pinch me moment. It stands on the shoulders of the LOGAN film which is both a masterpiece and a giant.@slevydirect… pic.twitter.com/n9LjSUANnY

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 6, 2024

This Jen Garner person. She has a black belt in kindness but has inside her: an unblinking hurricane of vengeance™️.

I’ve worked with Jen twice now. She brings a completely different scope of skills to each movie but can’t hide one detail: I don’t care how talented someone is…… pic.twitter.com/H4dMUuJXAl

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 6, 2024

Gambit is a guy Chan was born to play. His story is similar to mine in that he spent a decade trying to put the most comic-accurate version of Gambit on the big screen. Remy LeBeau is grafted to his soul and needs to come out and deal. And Gambit found his author in Chan. He’s… pic.twitter.com/9Hz7qbZ85S

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 5, 2024

There is no Fox Marvel Universe or MCU without Blade first creating a market. He’s Marvel Daddy. Please retweet for a Logan-like send off. #DeadpoolAndWolverine pic.twitter.com/wGv2ixBT8G

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 5, 2024

One person who is noticeably absent, at least for now, is Chris Evans, who reprises his Fantastic Four role as the Human Torch, Johnny Storm. We’re guessing that’s coming soon and, when it does, we’ll update this post.

Nevertheless, you can tell how excited Reynolds was to get these actors back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s rewarding for audiences, sure, but it seems it was just as rewarding for him too. Not just share the screen with them, but to give those characters some semblance of closure. Now we just have to wait and see if any of them come back in future projects.

Deadpool & Wolverine is now in theaters, as if you didn’t know.

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