That's why Chris Evans agreed to do Deadpool & Wolverine

Ryan Reynolds knew he could get Chris Evans to be a part of it Deadpool and Wolverine wouldn't be easy. Even though Marvel's leading man wouldn't be returning in his signature role as Captain America, Reynolds felt it wouldn't hurt to make the role a little more important than just a cameo. And when he did, Evans agreed – with one small caveat.

To the director's commentary for Deadpool and Wolverinewhich is now available digitally, Reynolds and co-writer/director Shawn Levy talked about the film's surprise end credits scene. The scene reveals that Evans' character, Johnny Storm, said everything Deadpool said about Cassandra Nova. And it was that profanity-filled speech, and particularly its placement, that made Evans come back.

“Well, at the risk of being redundant with my theme that necessity is the mother of invention, I really wanted Chris to do this and play the Human Torch in this film. But not as a favor,” Reynolds said. “I wanted to find a way to get him to say 'yes' because it was just a part he couldn't resist. So the day at the end of this movie is a scene that I think I wrote in five minutes. And part of it was just seeing if he would see the sequence or the scene and say yes on its merits alone, but I also wasn't sure if the scene would even work. And he read the scene and then called me back and said, “I'll do it as long as these credits are in this movie.” And that's when I knew this buddy didn't want to mess around. He was ready to let it fly.”

Talk about Evans having Marvel instincts. He knew appearing in an end credits scene would delight fans, but he also knew it would be the perfect Deadpool subversion of sitting there and uttering curses. So he was totally into it.

“I said to Chris, 'We could have prompters, giant cue cards, whatever you want, anything,' and he was like, 'Fuck that guy!' “I’m ready to go,” Reynolds said. “I think we only shot it two or three times. It was something remarkable and a side of him that I don’t think we’ve seen before and that I love.”

And we love it too. Check back next week to find out more Deadpool and Wolverine digital release available now. It will be available on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on October 22nd.

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