Reynolds basks in the douche glow

Variety today confirmed rumors that Ryan Reynolds will play Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.  Also joining the cast is Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am (oh my god creative punctuation – you’re so clever!!).

Marvel has been eyeing the possibility of casting Reynolds as Deadpool, an assassin with self-healing powers, for some time with the idea of spinning off the character into his own film series should the character prove popular among moviegoers.

will.i.am will play Wraith, a mutant who has the power to teleport, and is another test subject of the Weapon X program that created Wolverine and other mercenaries. It would be his first film role.

I hate this guy.  He always shows up wearing stupid hipster clothes and that self-satisfied look on his face that only dumb people can truly master.  I’m afraid any second he’s going to launch into an interpretive dance or a def poem.  He’s like the pretentious friend who’s super average but wants desperately for people to think he’s smart, whom you encourage in his artistic endeavors by never making eye contact and always changing the subject to sports or food.  But to his credit, I think his buddy might be the guy from ‘The Scream‘.     

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