Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds recently explained that Wade Wilson/Deadpool was not originally supposed to live through the film's events. In addition to Reynolds, the movie also featured veteran Marvel star Hugh Jackman as Logan/James Howlett/Wolverine. Though it is set in the multiverse of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool & Wolverine is less Deadpool's MCU debut than it is a farewell to the Fox X-Men films both title characters originated from. As the third Deadpool movie, it also serves to conclude the Merc With a Mouth's arc.