Marvel Studios
During a recent appearance on Conan O’Brien’s podcast to promote the fourth season of Welcome to Wrexham, movie star Ryan Reynolds detailed the bout he had with Disney CEO Bob Iger over a joke that the exec wanted cut from Deadpool & Wolverine.
While the exact line that Bob Iger wanted cut has been out for a few months now — more on that later — Ryan Reynolds specifically recalled the meeting they had about it to Conan O’Brien on his podcast Conan Needs A Friend.
The way Reynolds tells it, he initially seemed to be pretty frustrated by Iger’s decision as he said he had to pace around the room to calm down a bit (Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios’ first-ever R-rated film, wound up grossing over $1 billion for the Mouse House).
“They were amazing. [Disney CEO] Bob Iger, the first time he saw the film, it was in pretty good shape. And he said [impersonates Iger], ‘You got to remove the one line, Ryan.’ And I was like, ‘What line?’ — [and he said] ‘You know the line,’” he explained to Conan and his co-hosts.
“And I went, ‘Mickey Mouse?’ And he said yeah. And I was like, ‘But Bob, the whole movie orbits around that line. That line IS the film, it’s the thrust, the thesis — it’s everything,’” Reynolds continued.
“And it’s because my brain, when he says [to cut] the line, my brain is like: ‘Precioussss. Must keep the lineeeee.’ 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’re good. We switched it up. He just didn’t want The Mickey Mouse joke in… And now it got like [popular], not because of me, they released this script for like WGA, you know, awards season and stuff.”
As Reynolds mentioned, the joke that Iger wanted cut from the script ultimately became public anyway after the script was submitted for award season consideration.
The line that Iger wanted cut from the script was: “F–! What we can’t even afford one more X-Man?” Disney is so cheap. I can barely breathe with all this Mickey Mouse c— in my throat.”
Reynolds interview with Conan below has been queued up to begin at the section where he talks about his meeting with Iger.
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