Colossus – the real one

While Daniel Cudmore was wanted by many fans in this movie, he was replaced by Andre Tricoteux – via motion capture, he will become the Colossus many fans have missed. As said, Cudmore did a fine job, though there was something wrong with his character – he wasn’t at all Russian like in the comics and he wasn’t at all that big.

This will change in Deadpool, though. In the comics, just like in this movie, he has a much more consistent role. And he has a thick Russian accents. And he is huge, an actual colossus when compared to the other characters (7 feet 6 inches). According to director Tim Miller, he is the most obvious link between Deadpool and the rest of the Mutant Cinematic Universe: “When [Colossus] shows up you see the Blackbird in the background. It’s just a nod to the larger X-Men universe that Deadpool really doesn’t want to be part of. He’s had his chance. I mean, there’s a great line where Colossus says, ‘you could be a superhero’ and he’s like ‘yeah, I’ve seen my report card and I don’t want to be that guy.’ But I like the fact that he’s deliberately chosen not to be part of that world, but it’s still there.” (via Screen Rant).

Furthermore, the director also said that he understands why the powerful mutant wasn’t used more in his metallic form in the previous movies – it was because of the budget. However, this won’t be the case with this movie – which is a pretty weird thing to say, especially since Deadpool is known to have a low budget, even if it isn’t compared to any of the other superhero movies of the recent years.

So yes: Colossus is the link between Deadpool and the X-Men and Negasonic Teenage Warhead is his apprentice of sorts.

As far as the action scenes are concerned, the Russian mutant won’t just slap the Merc with a Mouth as seen in the trailer. He will fight Gina Carano’s Angel Dust in a junkyard, former MMA star playing a character which had to be built from scratch (since her story wasn’t developed too much in the comics). In the movie, she is Ajax’s henchmen and she has a pretty ambiguous relationship with him.

On the next page, more details about Ajax, Morena Baccarin’s character, and more!