Ryan Reynolds has welcomed The Crown star Emma Corrin to the ‘Deadpool family’, announcing that they are set to star in the forthcoming third instalment.
Emma, 27, who played Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown and starred in Lady Chatterley’s Lover alongside Jack O’Connell, has been confirmed as a new addition to the Deadpool 3 cast.
Ryan, 46, who is reprising the title role as the foul-mouthed anti-hero, tweeted: ‘New addition to the family! The Deadpool family, for clarity. Which is just like a real family except with less swearing… Welcome, Emma Corrin!’
The Deadpool character first appeared on the big screen in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, before getting his own spin-off series.
Emma – who identifies as non-binary and uses they/the pronouns – is currently playing the title character in an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando at London’s Garrick Theatre, directed by Michael Grandage.
New addition: Ryan Reynolds, 46, has welcomed The Crown star Emma Corrin, 27, to the ‘Deadpool family’, announcing that they are set to star in the forthcoming third instalment (Emma pictured in November)
News of their part in the third Deadpool film comes after Ryan announced that Hugh Jackman will also be reprising his role as Wolverine.
Hugh, who played the Marvel character in eight X-Men films from 2000 until 2016, was last seen as Wolverine in standalone movie Logan in 2017.
He made a brief appearance in the second Deadpool instalment, but had previously ruled out the chance of a crossover film between his character and Reynolds’ unlikely superhero.
The second sequel is to be directed by Shawn Levy, who worked with Ryan on 2021 action comedy Free Guy and newly released 2022 sci-fi The Adam Project.
It is another change of director for the Marvel franchise, with the original 2016 Deadpool directed by Tim Miller and the sequel by David Leitch.
It is also the first Deadpool film since Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which distributed the first two instalments.
Ryan previously confirmed the Deadpool 3 film launch date as September 6 2024.
It comes after Hugh said Deadpool and Wolverine hate each other.
![Movie news: Ryan took to Twitter on Tuesday to let fans know a new star had been cast in the upcoming Deadpool 3 film (Ryan pictured in May last year)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/17/67679561-11750319-image-m-3_1676396395255.jpg)
Movie news: Ryan took to Twitter on Tuesday to let fans know a new star had been cast in the upcoming Deadpool 3 film (Ryan pictured in May last year)
![Message for fans: Ryan tweeted: 'New addition to the family! The Deadpool family, for clarity. Which is just like a real family except with less swearing... Welcome, Emma Corrin!'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/17/67680175-11750319-image-a-5_1676396462977.jpg)
Message for fans: Ryan tweeted: ‘New addition to the family! The Deadpool family, for clarity. Which is just like a real family except with less swearing… Welcome, Emma Corrin!’
The 54-year-old actor will join Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming Deadpool 3, reprising his role as Wolverine from the X-Men and Wolverine movies and Hugh says the two characters will have an abrasive relationship.
Speaking on The Empire Film Podcast, he said: ’10 being really close, zero being the reality, we’re zero, we’re opposites, hate each other. I’m just talking from my perspective, [Logan is] frustrated by him, wants to be a million miles away from him or wants to punch him in the head.
‘Unfortunately, he can’t be a million miles away from him in this movie, so I’m probably going to punch him in the head a lot.’
Although Wolverine died in the 2017 Logan movie, Hugh insisted that his return in Deadpool 3 won’t affect the events of Logan.
He explained previously to SiriusXM: ‘It’s all because of this device they have in the Marvel world of moving around timelines. Now we can go back because, you know, it’s science.
‘So, I don’t have to screw with the Logan timeline, which was important to me. And I think probably to the fans too.’
Meanwhile, director Shawn Levy has promised that there will be ‘hardcore’ violence in Deadpool 3.
Shawn previously told Collider: ‘We are writing, rewriting, developing, prepping Deadpool every day now.
![Film star: Ryan is reprising the title role as the foul-mouthed anti-hero Deadpool (pictured) in the upcoming film](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/14/17/67680249-11750319-image-a-6_1676396629867.jpg)
Film star: Ryan is reprising the title role as the foul-mouthed anti-hero Deadpool (pictured) in the upcoming film
![Comeback: It comes after Hugh Jackman (left) set social media ablaze in September after confirming his return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3, starring with his friend Ryan Reynolds (right)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/09/28/01/62866343-11256701-Hugh_Jackman_left_set_social_media_ablaze_on_Wednesday_after_con-a-55_1664325790122.jpg)
Comeback: It comes after Hugh Jackman (left) set social media ablaze in September after confirming his return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3, starring with his friend Ryan Reynolds (right)
‘It is such a blast to laugh every day. It is so delicious to hear and write and come up with these scenes where people are just talking foul. And the violence is in your face and hardcore, and it’s very much a Deadpool movie.’
Levy confirmed that the film is likely to start shooting in May 2023 and explained that having Hugh’s Wolverine involved has added to his enjoyment of the flick.
The director, who has worked with Ryan on Free Guy and The Adam Project, said: ‘I’m having so much fun, and I haven’t even hit the shooting floor yet.
‘I have to say, developing a Deadpool movie is one of the most fun creative experiences of my life because it’s not just that it’s rated R. It’s that it’s so filled with self-awareness, and that makes in-writing very, very fun in a way that is unique to the franchise.’
![Looking back: Hugh first appeared as Wolverine, also known as Logan, in the 2000 movie X-Men, and went on to play him in various sequels and spin-offs until 2017. (Pictured in the 2017 film Logan)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/09/28/01/62866339-11256701-Hugh_first_appeared_as_Wolverine_in_the_2000_X_Men_movie_and_con-m-56_1664325791973.jpg)
Looking back: Hugh first appeared as Wolverine, also known as Logan, in the 2000 movie X-Men, and went on to play him in various sequels and spin-offs until 2017. (Pictured in the 2017 film Logan)
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