Kevin Feige had to explain to other Marvel employees the meaning of a Deadpool & Wolverine NSFW joke.
The red-band trailer for Marvel Studios‘ Deadpool & Wolverine features a line where Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson says, “Pegging isn’t new for me, friendo, but it is for Disney.”
Speaking with Variety, Marvel Studios’ Feige said that he had to explain what this joke meant to some of the people he works with. “There’s a line in the red-band trailer — you don’t have to write this in the article, for crying out loud! — about pegging,” Feige said. “I know what pegging is — it’s in the first Deadpool movie. But there were people I work with who didn’t know what it was. I had to explain it to them.”
Watch the red-band Deadpool & Wolverine trailer here:
What do we know about Deadpool & Wolverine?
Along with Reynolds, Deadpool & Wolverine stars Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova, Matthew Macfadyen as Paradox, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, Rob Delaney as Peter, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Karan Soni as Dopinder, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapičić as Colossus, Shioli Kutsuna as Yukio, Aaron Stanford as Pyro, Tyler Mane as Sabretooth, and more.
The film is directed by Shawn Levy, who previously worked with Reynolds on 2021’s Free Guy and 2022’s The Adam Project. Levy also made 2003’s Cheaper by the Dozen, 2006’s The Pink Panther, 2006’s Night at the Museum, 2011’s Real Steel, and more.
Levy co-wrote the script for Deadpool & Wolverine with Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells.
With filming having wrapped in January 2024, Deadpool & Wolverine releases in United States theaters on July 26, 2024, as part of Phase 5 of the MCU. Deadpool and Deadpool 2, meanwhile, is currently streaming on Disney+, while Deadpool is also available to watch on Max.
