Ryan Reynolds Shares His Response To Being Replaced In Deadpool VR
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Earlier this month, developer Twisted Pixel unveiled Deadpool VR, the first solo Deadpool video game since 2013. However, Ryan Reynolds will not be reprising his title role from the three previous live-action Deadpool movies. Instead, How I Met Your Mother’s Neil Patrick Harris is stepping in to voice Marvel’s Merc with a Mouth. Now, Reynolds has shared his response to the news. And if Harris can take one of his roles, then Reynolds will just have to steal one of Harris’ iconic characters.
Harris’ first breakout role came in the 1989 comedy series, Doogie Howser, M.D., which cast him as a 14-year-old medical prodigy. That’s the role that Reynolds spoofs in this video, complete with Doogie’s lab coat, glasses, and antiquated computer. The video also features a cameo from Doogie Howser, M.D. co-star, Robyn Lively, who portrayed Michele Farber on the show. Lively is Reynolds’ sister-in-law, so presumably it wasn’t too hard to get her for this.
Twisted Pixel has shared a handful of details about Deadpool VR, which will be an original story that sends Deadpool into the Mojoverse, where he’ll go up against Mojo himself and Lady Deathstrike. Players will assume control of Deadpool as he uses his particular skills to shoot, stab, and parkour his way out of trouble. But when all else fails, Deadpool does have a healing factor that rivals Wolverine’s ability to regenerate from almost any injury. Even getting beheaded hasn’t been enough to kill Deadpool in the comics.
