We knew that Deadpool 2 was going to set up the X-Force, but we weren’t aware that David Leitch and company would start setting things up in the trailers.
Just over a month ago, the first trailer offered a brief glimpse of the Merc with a Mouth (Ryan Reynolds), Domino (Zazie Beetz), and three newly introduced mutants. At that point, we thought we were getting our first look at the X-Force, and the recently released Deadpool 2 trailer confirmed that we were right!
The latest trailer offered additional footage of the members, and we got an inkling of why Wade Wilson formed the team. For some mysterious reason, Cable (Josh Brolin) is determined to kill a young mutant portrayed by Julian Dennison. Reynolds' titular anti-hero wants to prevent this, but he realizes that he can't do it on his own, so he decides to recruit some fellow mutants:
We’re gonna form a super duper f*cking group. We need them tough, morally flexible, and young enough to carry their own franchise for 10 to 12 years. We'll be known as X-Force.
The first trailer’s group shot touched off speculation about who would play Deadpool’s mutants. A number of people mentioned Terry Crews (Hammer?), Bill SkarsgÃ¥rd (Zeitgeist?), and Lewis Tan ( Shatterstar?). Karan Soni inadvertently confirmed that SkarsgÃ¥rd would appear, and Stefan KapiÄić more deliberately confirmed Crews as Shatterstar. The new trailer left us with no doubt, although we’re still not 100 percent sure about Tan.
[UPDATE: In one scene in the trailer, Deadpool found a shot of Crews labeled Bedlam as he flipped through photos of potential X-Force members. However the label on the photo read Bedlam rather than Hammer.]
We learned in June 2017 that Shioli Kutsuna had been castin a key role in Deadpool 2. The second trailer provides a first look at her character, and appears to be Noriko Ashida, aka Surge.
Check out the awesome new Deadpool 2 trailer!
After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry's hottest bartender, while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.
