The house of mouse always wins. The filmmakers behind “Deadpool & Wolverine” had to cut a joke about Mickey Mouse’s “c–k” after Disney requested the line be removed from the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman Marvel movie. Before the summer blockbuster’s release, Reynolds, 48, who also co-wrote the superhero flick, disclosed that Disney CEO Bob Iger asked him to omit a specific raunchy line from the final script. “Ryan, Bob Iger here. Would love it if you’d take that one line out. It’s really going to make our life hard over here,” Reynolds recalled of his conversation with Iger. However, he did not reveal the exact content of the joke. Recently, Disney released the official “Deadpool & Wolverine” script on their FYC (For Your Consideration) portal, which includes materials from projects they hope will win awards. The script reveals the unspoken joke. In the scene where Deadpool breaks the fourth wall after discovering Magneto’s death, he says, “F–K! What we can’t even afford one more X-Man? Disney is so cheap. I can barely breathe with all this Mickey Mouse c–k in my throat.” Despite the cut, the creative team praised Disney for allowing other jokes in the movie that also targeted the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the personal lives of the stars, and other taboo or explicit topics. Although the “c–k” joke was removed, the line that replaced it was equally risqué, according to director Shawn Levy, 56, who was one of the co-writers alongside Reynolds. “There was only one line in the entire movie that we were asked to change,” Levy said. “We have made a pact, Ryan and I, to go to our grave with that line, but I will say that it was replaced with an equally dirty line of dialogue about Pinocchio shoving his face up Deadpool’s ass and starting to lie like crazy.” Levy added, “I was like, ‘Ryan, that’s your replacement line in response to, ‘Can we clean it up?’ That’s Ryan Reynolds for you, audacious to the very edge.” Other less explicit jokes in “Deadpool & Wolverine” also sparked conversation, particularly those about the divorces of stars Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Garner, who made a cameo as Elektra. Marvel’s decision to release “Deadpool & Wolverine” as its first R-rated movie paid off, earning $1.3 billion at the box office and strengthening Disney’s position on Wall Street. “Deadpool & Wolverine” is now available to stream on Disney+.
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