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Stunt coordinator Jonathan “Jojo” Eusebio met David Leitch years ago in martial arts school. When Leitch went into stunts, Eusebio followed. He says, “David is my mentor in martial arts and in the movie business, too. Everything we do is based on our martial arts background. You see a lot of its influence in all of David’s work.”

Eusebio appreciated working with Reynolds. “Half or three quarters of the obstacles we face are designing the action. So it’s always nice to have someone that’s in shape and ready to do things. It makes our action quotient higher because they can actually do the stuff we make.”

Eusebio notes that Deadpool’s moves were established in the first film. “He has healing factors, so he approaches everything with reckless abandon. He’s very agile and flashy and does a lot of tricks and acrobatic moves. At the same time as being elegant, he’s very vicious and visceral. His fighting style was established, so what we tried to do was up the ante. He has everything a good assassin needs: good weapons, firearms and an inability to get hurt. It helps, and it freed everything up for us.”

“”Deadpool 2” is bigger, crazier, more expensive, than the first,” says Eusebio. “All of the set pieces are three times what you sa w in the first one. The challenge is to always do something you haven’t done before and keep everything new and dynamic.”

ABOUT THE CAST

RYAN REYNOLDS (Deadpool, producer, screenwriter) is one of Hollywood’s most diverse leading men seamlessly transitioning through varied genres of drama, action and comedy in his rich and ever-evolving career.

Reynolds is the Golden Globe nominated star of the 20th Century Fox record-breaking film DEADPOOL. The movie opened in February 2016 and shattered expectations, opening to

$152.2-million over the four-day Presidents’ Day weekend making it the biggest R-rated opening of all time and the biggest February opening in box office history. The superhero juggernaut also

replaced “Matrix Reloaded” as the highest-grossing R-rated film in history with more than $750-million globally. The film continues to break records with 2 Golden Globe nominations. A “Best Actor” nod

for Reynolds and Best Picture nomination for the film, making it the first live-action superhero movie to pick up a Golden Globe nomination in the Comedy or Musical category. The film also received a Writers Guild of America nomination for “Best Adapted Screenplay” and a PGA Award nomination for “Best Picture.”

Reynolds was most recently seen opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson in Sony Pictures’ space thriller “Life,” in which he teamed up once again with Reese & Wernick, and director Daniel Espinosa; and “The Hitman’s Bodyguard,” with Samuel L. Jackson.

Reynolds’ body of work continues to be extremely diverse. In 2015, he starred in a variety of feature roles including “Mississippi Grind,” “Woman In Gold,” “The Voices” and “Selfless.” “Mississippi Grind,” directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, premiered at Sundance to rave reviews. In “Woman in

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Gold,” Reynolds starred alongside Helen Mirren to tell the story of Maria Altmann (Mirren), a Jewish refugee who is forced to flee Vienna during World War II and her personal mission to reclaim a painting the Nazis stole from her family: the famous Lady In Gold. In Lionsgate’s serial killer comedy “The Voices,” by famed French director Marjane Satrapi, Reynolds stars as a troubled, med-addicted factory worker driven to murder by his talking pets, a psychopathic cat called Mr. Whiskers and Bosco, his peace-loving dog. Reynolds also voices both of the animals. He also starred opposite Sir Ben Kingsley in the independent feature “Selfless,” directed by

Tarsem Singh.

Reynolds voiced two DreamWorks Animation films in 2013. “Turbo,” in which Reynolds voices a snail named ‘Turbo’ who has dreams of winning the Indy 500. The movie also features the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Rudolph, Snoop Lion and Michelle Rodriguez. Prior to that, Reynolds had his

animated film debut as the voice of ‘Guy’ in DreamWorks Animation’s, “The Croods.”. The movie also featured the voices of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone and Catherine Keener and earned over $508 million worldwide. Reynolds has signed onto the sequel, which is already in development.

His other film credits include; the Universal action thriller, “Safe House,” opposite Denzel Washington. The film opened to $40 million domestically in its first weekend and went onto earn $208 million worldwide. The Universal comedy, “The Change Up,” opposite Jason Bateman, the Warner Brothers adaptation of the popular DC Comic, “Green Lantern,” and the mystery/thriller “Buried.” In the acclaimed and cinematically challenging film, Reynolds is the only actor to appear on camera for the duration of the piece.

In 2009, Reynolds served as Disney’s romantic comedy lead in “The Proposal,” opposite Sandra Bullock. The film opened at #1 at the box office and grossed $315 million worldwide.

Reynolds was also seen as ‘Deadpool’ in the X-MEN spin-off, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” He starred opposite an all-star cast including Hugh Jackman and the film grossed $365 million worldwide.

Additionally that year, Reynolds starred in “Adventureland,” opposite Kristen Stewart which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated in the “Ensemble Performance” category at the 2009 Gotham Awards.

Some of Reynolds’ other film credits include; “Paperman” and the Working Title film “Definitely, Maybe,” for Universal Pictures, writer/director John August’s “The Nines,” director Joe Carnahan’s “Smokin’ Aces” for Working Title and Universal Pictures and “The Amityville Horror,” a remake of the classic cult film which opened #1 at the box office and made $107 million worldwide. As well as cult favourites, “Waiting” and “Van Wilder.”

DarkFire, Reynolds’ TV production company, recently sold its first two projects, the live action comedy “Guidance” and the animated comedy, “And Then There Was Gordon” to 20th Century Fox TV. Reynolds will executive produce alongside Allan Loeb, Jonathon Komack Martin, Tim Dowling and Steven Pearl.

In addition to his numerous leading roles, Reynolds also serves on the board of directors for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. In November of 2007, Reynolds ran the New York City Marathon in honour of his late father - who had long suffered from ravages of

Parkinson’s disease. Reynolds marathon run raised over $100,000 for the Michael J Fox Foundation.

JOSH BROLIN (Cable): A powerful, sought-after film actor, Academy Award® nominated Josh Brolin continues to balance challenging roles in both mainstream studio productions as well as thought-provoking independents.

Brolin can currently be seen in “Only the Brave,” opposite Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Connelly. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the film tells the story of an elite crew of men who battled a wildfire in Prescott, Arizona in June 2013. Additionally, Brolin can be seen in multiple upcoming projects including “Solado,” a follow up to the 2015 crime drama “Sicario,” in which he will reprise his role as Matt Graver; Jody Hill’s “The Legacy Of A Whitetail Deer Hunter,” alongside Danny McBride and as super-villain ‘Thanos’ in Marvel’s upcoming film “Avengers: Infinity War Pt. 1.” Disney will release the film May 4, 2018.

Brolin was last seen in the Coen Brothers’ comedy “Hail, Caesar!” co-starring George Clooney, Channing Tatum, and Tilda Swinton. This marked Brolin’s third collaboration with the Coen Brothers, having previously worked with them on the Western drama “True Grit” and the Academy Award® winning drama “No Country For Old Men.”

Brolin was nominated for an Academy Award®, Screen Actors Guild Award, and was bestowed honours from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review for his portrayal of ‘Dan White’ in Gus Van Sant’s Academy Award® nominated film “Milk.” Other notable recent credits include Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice,” for which Brolin received rave reviews and a Critics Choice Award; “Sicario,” opposite Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro, and “Everest,” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke and John Hawkes.

Other film credits include: “Labor Day,” directed by Jason Reitman; Spike Lee’s “Old Boy;” Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller-directed “Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill;” “Gangster Squad;”opposite Sean Penn; “Men in Black 3” opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones; Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” and as the title role in “W.”; Ridley Scott’s blockbuster “American Gangster,” opposite Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe; Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger,” opposite Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts; “Planet Terror,” part of the critically acclaimed Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double feature, “Grindhouse;” In “The Valley Of Elah,” for director Paul Haggis; John Stockwell’s “Into the Blue;” Paul Verhoeven’s blockbuster hit, “Hollow Man;” Scott Silver’s “Mod Squad;” Ole Bornedal’s thriller “Nightwatch;” “Best Laid Plans” opposite Reese Witherspoon, produced by Mike Newell; and Guillermo Del Toro’s science-fiction thriller, “Mimic.”

Brolin also received recognition from critics and audiences in David O. Russell’s “Flirting With Disaster,” portraying a bisexual federal agent, alongside an outstanding ensemble cast led by Ben Stiller. Brolin made his feature film debut starring in the action-comedy classic “Goonies,” directed by Richard Donner for producer Steven Spielberg.

MORENA BACCARIN (Vanessa): An actress with talent and poise, Morena Baccarin has built an impressive list of credits throughout her career, challenging herself with each new role.

Baccarin was most recently seen starring in the 3rd season of FOX’s crime drama Gotham.

She reprised her role as ‘Leslie Thompkins’ opposite Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue and David Mazouz in the series based on DC Comics characters in Gotham City years prior to Batman’s arrival.

In 2016, Baccarin starred in the hit movie, “Deadpool,” opposite Ryan Reynolds. 20th Century Fox released the film February 12, 2016. The film to date has grossed more than $783 million dollars worldwide and is the #8 top-grossing domestic film of 2016. She also appeared opposite Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Allison Janney, Rose Byrne and Jason Statham in Paul Feig’s “Spy.”

Baccarin captured the attention of audiences and critics alike for her moving and Emmy®
Award-nominated performance on Showtime’s Golden Globe® and Emmy® Award-winning drama series, Homeland. In the critically acclaimed series, Baccarin starred as ‘Jessica Brody,’ the bereaved-but-moving-on widow of a U.S. Marine long presumed dead in Iraq. Baccarin starred alongside a notable cast including Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, and Mandy Patinkin among many others.

In 2014, Baccarin reprised her role as ‘Erica Flynn’ in the wildly popular CBS show, The Mentalist. In 2012 and 2013 she made a guest appearance on CBS’s award winning series, The Good Wife. Prior to this, the actress starred in ABC’s drama sci-fi, V, where her character shape- shifted between being a beautiful woman and an extraterrestrial alien when crossed. Other credits include a starring role on the TNT series, Heartland, opposite Treat Williams as well as appearances on Las Vegas, How I Met Your Mother and The O.C. Baccarin was also cast as a series regular in Joss Whedon’s critically acclaimed show, Firefly, as well as in its big-screen adaptation, Serenity.

Beyond film and television, Baccarin has appeared on stage in a number of theatrical productions such as Emily Mann’s The Seagull in the Hamptons at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey; as well as Theresa Rebeck’s, Our House, directed by Michael Mayer and starring Christopher Even Welch and Jeremy Strong.

Aside from acting, Baccarin is actively involved with the nonprofit organization, International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC’s mission is to provide emergency relief, post-conflict development and resettlement services; to work for the protection of humanitarian rights; and to advocate for

those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. Baccarin joins a dynamic group of IRC Voices, prominent young artists including Rashida Jones, Sarah Wayne Callies and John Legend, all of whom are committed to representing the world’s most vulnerable on the world’s stage.

Baccarin was born in Rio de Janeiro and moved with her family to New York at the age of seven. She is a graduate of the prestigious Julliard School where she helmed her talent in a number of theatrical productions including Mary Stuart, The Importance of Being Earnest and Love’s Labours Lost.

JULIAN DENNISON (Russell/Firefist) burst onto the scene at the age of nine with his first feature film “Shopping,” for writer/directors Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland. The film was accepted by both the Berlin International Film Festival and Sundance. Dennison won a best

supporting actor award for his work in the film at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards that year. The next year, he followed it up with “Paper Planes,” opposite Sam Worthington. After creating a commercial campaign that went viral with Dennison, Iconic New Zealand director Taika Waititi knew he had something special, and developed and offered Julian the lead of his new film “Hunt For The Wilderpeople,” opposite Sam Neill. After 23 awards and a critically acclaimed Sundance reception

in 2016, HFTWP became the highest grossing film in New Zealand film history. Dennison’s standout performance combining raucous humour but tons of heart and charm landed him his first win for best actor at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards.
ZAZIE BEETZ (Domino) is best known to audiences as ‘Van,’ opposite Donald Glover, in FX’s critically acclaimed show Atlanta.

Beetz recently wrapped Dean Devlin’s “Geostorm” for Warner Brothers. Prior to that, she shot the female lead in the indie feature film “Slice,” for writer/director Austin Vesely. Other recent film work includes the feature film “Sollers Point,” directed by Matt Porterfield, and “The Undiscovered Country,” directed by Tim O’Connor.

Past films include Bart Freundlich’s feature film “Wolves” and Onur Turkel’s “Applesauce,”
which both premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Beetz also recurs on Joe Swanberg’s Easy for Netflix.

Zazie Beetz is a native New Yorker and attended LaGuardia High School.

LESLIE UGGAMS (Blind Al) is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress and singer whose career has brought her from Harlem (The Apollo Theatre) to Broadway (Hallelujah, Baby!), the big screen (“Deadpool,” “Skyjacked”) and to television (Empire, The Leslie Uggams Show). Perhaps best known for her stirring portrayal of Kizzy in the landmark TV mini-series, Alex Haley’s Roots (Critics Choice Award, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations),Uggams has performed to critical and popular acclaim ever since her first professional appearances at the age of nine at the famed Apollo Theatre in New York City. There she opened for such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington. Now, after six decades on stage and screen, she is a legend in her own right. Uggams is on the Board of Directors of the Apollo Theatre, and she was recently awarded

an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut. She is also the recipient of an American Artist Award from Arena Stage in Washington, DC.

Currently, Uggams can be seen as Leah Walker in the hit television series Empire. She also stars as Blind Al in the blockbuster 20th Century Fox film “Deadpool,” starring Ryan Reynolds.

She recently co-starred in the HBO original movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks with Oprah Winfrey. Other recent television appearances include Nurse Jackie; The Good Wife; Memphis Beat; and NYC 22.

In addition, Leslie continues to tour nationally, performing to sold-out audiences, with her autobiographical one-woman musical Uptown/Downtown (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, NAACP Theatre Award, IRNE Award, Broadway World People’s Choice Award), which chronicles her extraordinary career in stories and song. From New York to Boston and Los Angeles, critics have raved, calling her “dazzling,” “indefatigable,” and “delectable!” Recently Uggams also made theatre history by becoming the first African-American actress to portray the iconic character of Mama Rose in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s acclaimed production of Gypsy. She also recently starred as Mame at the Wick Theatre in Florida; in the Encores! presentation of Pipe Dream at New York City Centre; and in the Broadway-bound world premiere of Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Story (Ovation nomination) at the Pasadena Playhouse in California, where she broke the all-time house attendance record.

On Broadway, Uggams made her stunning musical theatre debut starring in Hallelujah, Baby!, earning both Tony and Theatre World awards. Since then, she has starred on Broadway in Blues in the Night, Her First Roman with Richard Kiley, Jerry’s Girls, Anything Goes at the Lincoln Centre Theatre (also the first national tour), King Headley II with Brian Stokes Mitchell (Tony Award nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, and On Golden Pond opposite James Earl Jones. Off- Broadway, she has won Audelco Awards for The Old Settler, Keb Mo’s blues musical Thunder Knocking on the Door, and First Breeze of Summer at the acclaimed Signature Theatre. Regional roles include A Little Night Music, The Rink, Into the Woods, Master Class, Call Me Madam, Blue, Hello, Dolly! and the national tour of Guys and Dolls.

Uggams’ still vibrant television career, which began at the age of six portraying Ethel Waters’ niece on the TV series Beulah, spans decades. As a teenager she famously won a $12,500 college scholarship on Name That Tune, and as a regular on Sing Along with Mitch she was the first African American performer to be featured on a weekly national primetime television series. Other early guest appearances included Your Show of Shows, The Milton Berle Show, The Arthur Godfrey Show, and The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1970, she hosted her own primetime variety series, The Leslie Uggams
Show. Later starring roles included her award-winning portrayal in Alex Haley’s Roots, the miniseries Backstairs at the White House, the ABC-TV movie Sizzle, the HBO special Christmas at Radio City Music Hall, and her Emmy-winning duties as co-host of the NBC-TV series Fantasy.

While a student at the Julliard School in New York, Uggams released the first of 10 solo albums she was to record for Columbia Records. Later she signed with Atlantic Records. Her newest CDs are Leslie Uggams: Uptown/Downtown; On My Way to You: The Songs of Marilyn and Alan Bergman; and Wishing You a Happy New Year with the Curtis McKonly Orchestra. She can also be heard on the new cast album of Pipe Dream.

In concert Uggams has toured with Peter Nero and Mel Torme; performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Jerry Herman’s Broadway; and appeared as a guest soloist with numerous symphony

orchestras across the country, including The National Symphony Orchestra, The Cincinnati Pops, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and The Rhode Island Symphony. In addition, she performed before 300,000 people during the Memorial Day Concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol which was also broadcast live by PBS to millions of viewers nationwide.

SHIOLI KUTSUNA (Yukio): Born to Japanese parents in Sydney, Australia, Kutsuna grew up in the suburb of Sydney with English as her first language. She moved to Japan at the age of 14 and is now bi-lingual in both languages. In 2006, Kutsuna won the special jury award at a major

teen beauty contest, which lead to her acting debut the following year. Acclaimed by directors for her performances, Kutsuna’s profile rapidly rose with a considerable number of film and TV credits. In 2011 she was selected as one of the best 10 female newcomers by Kinema Jumpo, an acclaimed cinema magazine in Japan.

In 2013 Kutsuna won Best Newcomer for the Japanese remake of “Unforgiven,” starring Ken Watanabe at Japan Academy Awards, the most respected film awards in Japan. In 2015 Kutsuna’s first major international work “The Assassin,” by Hou Hsiao-Hsien opened worldwide including Japan. The next international work was “Ertugrul 1890,” a co-production between Japan and Turkey, where she played two roles: one in past Japan and the other in present Turkey. Kutsuna then went on to star with world-renowned Takeshi Kitano in Wayne Wang’s “While the Women Are Sleeping,” which premiered in February 2016. She recently wrapped the indie feature film, “Oh Lucy!” with Josh Hartnett, and directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi, which is based off of the award winning short film of

the same name. She will next be seen in the Martin Zandvliet directed action thriller “The Outsider,” opposite Jared Leto.

BRIANNA HILDEBRAND (Negasonic Teenage Warhead – NTW) made her feature film debut as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the FOX’s “Deadpool.” She currently stars in “First Girl I Loved”, Kerem Sanga’s follow up to “The Young Kieslowski”, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Award in the Next category. She can also be seen on FOX’s series, The Exorcist.

Hildebrand’s starring role in the short film “The Voice Inside”, earned her the Best Breakout Performance award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Most recently, she starred in the dark comedy “Tragedy Girls” opposite Craig Robinson and Alex Shipp which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.

She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and independently produced her first album.

Following its release, she performed her debut one-woman show live at the Clive Davis Theatre at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

JACK KESY (Black Tom) just wrapped opposite Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon in “Horse Soldiers” for Lionsgate. He recently finished shooting opposite Bruce Willis for MGM’s feature, “Deathwish,” and also just finished filming for TNT’s pilot, Claws, produced by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. He also starred in The Strain for FX. He is coming off of “Baywatch” for Paramount directed by Seth Gordon opposite Alexandra Daddario, Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Priyanka Chopra. He wrapped the lead in “Brothers’ Blood” for WWE and Codeblack. He also just wrapped “Juggernaut,” opposite Ty Olsson and Stephen McHattie. Kesy can previously be seen on “The Throwaways,” opposite James Caan and Kevin Dillon.
KARAN SONI (Dopinder) was born and raised in New Delhi, India. He emigrated to Los Angeles to study theatre and film at the University of Southern California. His feature debut was in Colin Trevorrow’s 2012 Sundance darling, “Safety Not Guaranteed.” He then landed a series regular role on Amazon’s first original series Betas as well as Paul Feig’s Yahoo sitcom Other Space.

In 2016, he appeared in the smash hit blockbuster, “Deadpool” which ended its theatrical run as the highest grossing R-rated movie ever. Karan reunited with Feig in Sony’s reboot

of “Ghostbusters” alongside Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig. He can also be seen in “Rough Night,” “Office Christmas Party,” and “Goosebumps.” Currently, Soni can be seen on Starz’s workplace comedy Blunt Talk, starring alongside Sir Patrick Stewart. Next year, he will also be seen in the indie dramedy “Monumental.” and Brie Larson’s comedy feature, “Unicorn Store.” This summer, Karan appeared in HBO’s hit series, Silicon Valley. He will also appear in the Duplass Brother’s latest series, Room 104, on HBO.
T.J. MILLER (Weasel) is one of the most sought after comedians in the comedy world today and has been named one of Variety’s “Top 10 Comics to Watch,” and EW’s “Next Big Things in Comedy”. Miller first got his start touring with Second City in Chicago and improvising with Annoyance Theatre, and has been a touring standup artist for over 10 years.

Miller is known for his breakout role in Mike Judge’s HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, now in its fourth season for which he received the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Comedy, and has starred in a multitude of major studio films including Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated feature, “Big Hero 6,” FOX’s big screen comic book adaptation of “Deadpool,” the highest grossing R-rated film of all time, 2014’s surprise indie hit “Transformers

4,” “Office Christmas Party,” “Cloverfield,” “She’s Out Of My League,” “Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World,” “Our Idiot Brother,” “Yogi Bear 3D,” “Unstoppable,” “Get Him To The Greek,” “How To Train Your Dragon” and “How To Train Your Dragon 2.”

In addition, Miller also voices Robbie from Gravity Falls on Disney, Tuffnut in the Netflix How To Train Your Dragon TV series, and Gorburger, Comedy Central’s newest intergalactic late night talk show host. His hour-long Comedy Central stand-up special T.J. Miller: No Real Reason and hip-hop/pop/folk music album “The Extended Play E.P.”, an E.P. with 41 tracks, and “The Illegal Art Remixtape” are all available now.

Upcoming films include “Underwater,” a Twentieth Century Fox adventure thriller that is being produced by Chernin Entertainment and “Ready Player One,” directed by Steven Spielberg.