Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy talks about Taylor Swift casting rumors

Now that Deadpool and Wolverine managed to earn an incredible $824 million in the first few weeks, director Shawn Levy talks about a certain casting rumor This has excited fans long before the film's releaseAlthough the film already boasts an impressive guest list with big names like Wesley Snipes, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Garner and Blake Lively, one star was conspicuously missing: Taylor Swift.

There have been rumors for months that Swift would make a cameo in the latest MCU film, either as Dazzler or Lady Deadpool, but according to Levy these rumors were never true. Speaking to Variety, the director clarified the situation and thanked fans everywhere for providing them with a much-needed “smoke screen” to play behind. Read his comments below.

Deadpool and Wolverine

3.5/5

A sequel to the hugely successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films, starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth, the third film will be the first in the series to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox.

Release date

July 26, 2024

Swift was rumored to appear in the film as she has a close relationship with both Ryan Reynolds and Lively, as the megastar is the godmother of her children. Lively and Swift first started dating in 2015, and although they have their own lives, the two have seemed inseparable ever since. Swift fans everywhere started talking about her possible appearance in Deadpool and Wolverine Levy himself added fuel to the fire earlier this year when he said: “What can I say? I think intrigue is fun.”

Shawn Levy says it was easy to get cameos from Deadpool and Wolverine

By now everyone and every dog ​​knows that Swift is not in Deadpool and Wolverinebut the film still has a gigantic amount of cameos, including Blade, Gambit, Elektra and Johnny Storm. You might think it took a lot of persuasion to get everyone to be in the film, but that's not the case. When it came down to it, Levy says it didn't take much convincing to get all the actors on the same page and everyone wanted to be in the new film.

“Almost every surprise casting in this film involved Ryan or I contacting the actor before lawyers and agents. [were involved]. We literally asked and people said yes without exception.”

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And what about Swift? She's already set to shoot her first feature film, and Levy has compared her to another Hollywood star: Steven Spielberg. Levy got to see Swift in action behind the camera, as he played a small role in her award-winning short film. Everything too good. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly last year, he said she “has the makings of a damn good director.”

“Taylor, the depth of her vision for what a creative work should look like, whether it's a lyric, a melody, a bridge, a concert tour or a video, is profound. It's deeply alive and it has the power of her convictions. Spielberg was on the set of a film he produced and I directed called Real Steel, and I said to him, 'How do you know it's the right take?' His response was, 'The way you see it makes it right.' I think that's something Taylor Swift figured out really well, because that's about trusting your instincts. […] I think she has what it takes to be a damn good director.”

There's no word yet on when Swift's film will go into production, but it's going to be quite a while. The singer is in the middle of the European leg of her Era tour, which has already grossed an incredible $1 billion. Whether it will have the same success at the box office remains to be seen, but there's little doubt that her legion of Swift fans will come out in droves to make her debut film a smash hit.