Ryan Reynolds takes Deadpool undercover at Comic-Con
Ryan Reynolds shared video from his masked San Diego Comic-Con floor visit after popping up during Marvel’s Hall H panel.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Ryan Reynolds brought Deadpool to Comic-Con the sneaky way: by walking the San Diego Convention Center floor in costume, then posting video of the undercover fan encounter on X.
The actor shared the footage Sunday after making a surprise appearance Saturday during Marvel’s Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, according to Deadline. Reynolds framed the visit as a thank-you to the fans who helped turn the foul-mouthed Marvel mercenary into a movie franchise.
“The fans got Deadpool off the ground so many years ago,” Reynolds wrote on X. He added that, 10 years after the first Deadpool movie and two years after Deadpool & Wolverine, he felt lucky to spend time on the SDCC floor with fans whose “unapologetic devotion” brings joy.
Why was Ryan Reynolds at Comic-Con as Deadpool?
Reynolds appeared in costume during Marvel’s Hall H presentation and later showed off a behind-the-scenes look at the bit on X, Deadline reported. The appearance came as Reynolds has been talking publicly about another Deadpool film.
The video included a Hall H moment with Robert Downey Jr., who was onstage with his Avengers: Doomsday castmates. Downey, playing along from the stage, asked, “Who’s this guy with the swords and stuff?”
Reynolds answered at the microphone with a radio-call-in gag: “Long-time listener, first-time caller.” As the crowd reacted, he added, “This seems an awfully expensive way to announce a film. When do you start filming?”
Deadline reported that the Comic-Con appearance followed Reynolds’ comments the previous week at New York’s Fantastic Fest, where he teased that another Deadpool movie is on the way.
At that event, Reynolds said there were “deep cuts” from both the films and comics that he still wanted to see used, according to Deadline. He named material by Deadpool co-creator Fabian Nicieza and writer Gerry Duggan, then said there is “eventually, remotely another Deadpool film” coming.
How big is the Deadpool franchise?
Deadline noted that Reynolds first played a version of the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009. Test footage of Reynolds as Deadpool leaked in 2014, before the character’s standalone movie arrived in 2016.
Reynolds earned a Golden Globe nomination for Deadpool, according to Deadline. He returned for Deadpool 2 in 2018 and Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024.
Deadpool & Wolverine made $1.3 billion worldwide, Deadline reported, pushing the overall franchise beyond $2 billion. That gives Reynolds’ masked Comic-Con stroll a neat bit of symmetry: a star hiding in plain sight among the crowd that helped launch the whole red-suited circus.
This story draws on original reporting from Deadline.