‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Writers Scrapped Robert Downey Jr. Cameo

Deadpool & Wolverine screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealed that they scrapped an intended Iron Man cameo after Robert Downey Jr. read the scene and declined to participate.

Despite Deadpool & Wolverine delighting Marvel fans and even (most) critics, its aggressive brand of raunchy meta humor apparently wasn’t to Downey’s liking. “We had wanted him to do a cameo. We had written that [early] scene with Happy and Downey,” Wernick told IndieWire.

Wernick is referring to one of the film’s opening scenes...