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vancouver makes a surprise appearance in deadpool 3

fans will be happy to see vancouver skyline and english bay pop up in the latest and last trailer for deadpool & wolverine

by dana gee

jul 23 2024
read time 3 minute read
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you almost have to be a superhero to keep up with the onslaught of publicity surrounding the new deadpool & wolverine movie.

earlier this week fans here in vancouver, the home of star ryan reynolds and the first two deadpool movies, were excited to see the city show up in the final trailer for this latest instalment the marvel studios blockbuster, which premieres july 26.

much of the r-rated superhero sequel was filmed in london and other parts of the united kingdom, but word is some stuff was also shot here.

the latest trailer, uploaded to reynolds’ youtube page on friday, includes at the 21 second mark a shot of downtown vancouver and english bay, along with a voice-over narration from deadpool that begins, “in my world …”

reynolds, co-star hugh jackman a.k.a. wolverine and montreal director shawn levy have been on a worldwide tour promoting the film. the trio were in toronto for the canadian premiere on july 23.
on the red and of course yellow carpet, reynolds spoke to the importance of being in canada, after all, according to their origin stories, deadpool, a.k.a. wade wilson, is from regina and wolverine, a.k.a. logan, was born in alberta near the northern town of cold lake.
“they’re canadian,” reynolds told cbc news. “they’re canadian characters! what an opportunity to have two hugely iconic superheroes enter the mcu and do it draped in maple syrup.”
earlier in the day the deadpool gang did an interview with the entertainment show etalk in front of fans gathered in the parking lot of 299 queen street west. during this interview jackman shared that toronto was where he took his first steps towards playing the iconic x-man.
“i’m going to tell you a true story. we came in this morning. and i was driving here down that freeway,” said jackman. “on the left, they’ve got flowers with words. i was looking at it, and i just remembered 1999 october coming here to audition in toronto for the character of wolverine, 25 years ago.”
a day prior to their canadian visit reynolds, jackman and levy were busy in new york at the film’s world premiere.

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while reynolds and jackman are guaranteed focus pullers reynolds’ wife blake lively and bestie gigi hadid gave the deadpool stars a run for their money showing up on the red carpet in outfits that paid homage to reynolds’ and hugh jackman’s title characters. 
lively gave a nod to her guy with her custom long-sleeved, off-the-shoulder red bodysuit by versace. hadid, a model, was team wolverine in a miu miu ss24 rtw yellow logo tube top and a matching low-rise yellow skirt.
ryan reynolds, blake lively, gigi hadid and hugh jackman attend the deadpool & wolverine world premiere in new york city on july 22.
ryan reynolds, blake lively, gigi hadid and hugh jackman attend the deadpool & wolverine world premiere in new york city on july 22. noam galai / getty images for disney
just before the premiere reynolds made a little bit more news when he thanked his family and in turn revealed the name of he and lively’s fourth child – olin.
“i want to start by saying thank you to my wife blake, who is here,” he said.
“i want to thank my kids james, inez, betty, olin, who are here. i hope that if i’m lucky, this moment will be the most traumatic thing — that is, the contents of this movie — that happens in your wondrous life.”
he ended his comments with, “i love that my entire family is here.”
(l-r) deadpool & wolverine director shawn levy and the film’s stars ryan reynolds and hugh jackman have been on a world press tour to promote the movie which opens july 26.
(l-r) deadpool & wolverine director shawn levy and the film’s stars ryan reynolds and hugh jackman have been on a world press tour to promote the movie which opens july 26. anthony wallace / afp via getty images

with deadpool officially hitting theatres july 26, fans here in vancouver are wondering, and hoping, that reynolds will head out to the west coast to see his welsh football team wrexham’s match against the white caps on july 27th at 4:30 p.m. at b.c. place.

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dana gee
dana gee

dana gee is an arts reporter at the vancouver sun and the province. she covers film, television, books and related topics.

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