Summary
Ryan Reynolds recently revealed the unexpected Disney character thatDeadpool & Wolverinecouldn’t use. It turns out more than Mickey Mouse is off limits.
Deadpool & Wolverinecombine Fox’s Marvel films with the MCU, seeing Deadpool offered a place in a new timeline if he lets his timeline die, prompting him to recruit Wolverine to save his universe. The film was a massive success, taking in over $1.3 billion worldwide, proving the MCU was ready for R-rated superhero films.
Deadpool has the unique ability to break the fourth wall, talking directly to the audience, which leads the character to often take shots at the world he’s in and real-world stakes.Deadpool & Wolverinetakes shots at Disney and Marvel, who own the characters, and even reference direct events, likeDisney buying 20th Century Fox, which is now called 20th Century Studios. The humor in the movie is often crude, with many shocking jokes leaving the audience’s mouths agape in response. However, even with the level of crass humor thatDeadpool & Wolverinegot away with, Disney put their foot down on specific characters, with one being rather unexpected.
While appearing on theConan O’Brien Needs A Friendpodcast, Reynolds spoke about what Disney head Bob Iger was willing to let them get away with, mentioning Mickey Mouse, which has come up before. However,Reynolds also pitched an idea that would’ve seen Deadpool tracking down the hunter that killed Bambi’s mom, which was also shut down, with the actor stating,“They said, ‘We don’t touch Bambi.’ And I said, ‘You said you don’t touch Mickey Mouse.’ ‘We don’t touch Bambi, and we don’t touch Mickey Mouse.'“Read Reynolds’ further comments on Mickey Mouse below:
The first time he [Bob Iger] saw the film, it was in pretty good shape. And he said, ‘You got to remove the one line, right?’ And I was like, ‘What line?’ ‘You know the line.’ And I went, ‘Mickey Mouse?’ He was like, ‘yeah.’ I was like, ‘But Bob, the whole movie orbits around that line.’ Like that line is the film, it’s the thrust, the thesis, it’s everything. And it’s because my brain, when he says ‘the one line’, is like, ‘precious, must keep the line.’ And so I really had to kind of walk around his office a little bit, do a couple of laps, and then it was fine. We were good. We switched it up. And, he was just, he just didn’t want the Mickey Mouse joke in.
Deadpool & WolverineDidn’t Hold Back On The Jokes, But Disney Did Draw A Line
Deadpool & Wolverineis the most ribald film the MCU has released to date, and they pushed just about every limit they could. However, even as flexible as Disney was, they put their foot down on two iconic characters. The line aboutMickey Mouse was revealedlate last year, with Deadpool reportedly saying, “Disney is so cheap. I can barely breathe with all this Mickey Mouse c** in my throat.” While that is by no means a tame line for a Marvel character to utter onscreen, and the movie even got away with worse, it was cut due to taking a shot at their central character, Mickey Mouse, who looks to be off limits with certain jokes.
However, it turns out that Disney also holds Bambi in high regard, as it seems to be the only other character they refused to let them play with inDeadpool & Wolverine.Bambiwas released in 1942, and while it is regarded as a Disney classic, a sequel,Bambi II, was released in 2006. That also set the record for the longest gap between sequels, with 64 years between installments. Bambi’s appearances outside his own film are often scarce, and now it seems that Disney has let the world know why, withDeadpool & Wolverineexposing their protective ways toward beloved characters.
