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Olivia Munn is an incredible actress and a former television personality. The American actress first rose to fame back in 2010 when she worked as a correspondent onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart.Munn went on to become a full-time actress and left her television hosting days behind her back in 2012 after she played the role of Sloan Sabbith in HBO’s drama series,The Newsroom. Despite, her having a good career, Munn has made some questionable choices in her acting career so far.
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According to sources, Olivia Munn allegedly turned down the role of Deadpool’s girlfriend, Vanessa Carlysle, inDeadpoolto play a role inX-Men: Apocalypsethat no one even remembers.
Olivia Munn turned down the role of Vanessa Carlysle inDeadpool
The Ryan Reynolds movie,Deadpool, became the most successful movie of theX-Menfranchise as it grossed a total of almost $783.1 million which was later surpassed by its own sequel,Deadpool 2, in 2018. Morena Baccarin played the role of Deadpool’s girlfriend, Vanessa Carlysle, and was the lead actress in the movie. However, Fox Studios had someone else in mind for the role of Vanessa initially.
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After the release of the movie, it was reported that the role of Vanessa was initially offered toOlivia Munnfirst but she turned it down. According to sources, Munn turned down the role because she didn’t want to play the role of eye candy yet again. Shortly thereafter, she was offered the role of Betsy Braddock aka Psylocke in theX-Men: Apocalypsemovie which she ended up taking.
TheMagic Mikeactress took up the role of Psylocke in theX-Men: Apocalypsewhich no one even remembers
After turning down the role of Vanessa Carlysle inDeadpool, Olivia Munn was offered yet another role by Fox Studios. The role was of one of Apocalypse’s Horsemen, Betsy Braddock aka Psylocke inX-Men: Apocalypsewhich Munn ended up taking. Munn also talked about her taking of Psylocke in an interview and said,
“I said, ‘Is there a fight scene?’ The fight scene could be her monologue. I thought Psylocke was always one of the most lethal characters, and I said, ‘Yes, as long as you’re not using her to be the eye candy. She has really powerful abilities.’“
Psylocke did not even have any important dialogue in the movie and just goes off on her own after the film’s climactic battle.
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Olivia Munn clearly made the wrong choice by taking up the role of Psylocke instead of Vanessa Carlysle as Morena Baccarin has recently confirmed that she will be reprising her role as Deadpool’s girlfriend once again inDeadpool 3. Hugh Jackman will also be reprising his role as Wolverine in the sequel for the first time in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Deadpool 3will be released on June 20, 2025.
Source:MovieWeb
Shikhar Tiwari
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Shikhar Tiwari is a Hollywood news author at Fandom Wire. He is a student at Manipal University Jaipur currently aspiring to be a Computer Science Engineer. Shikhar loves to combine his passion for writing with his love for Hollywood updates.
