Concept Art from a Scrapped DEADPOOL Film Pitch from KICK-ASS 2 Director
If Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow would have ended up making a Deadpool movie, the character would have looked a lot different than the classic character design we got in in Tim Miller's film.
Wadlow was developing a pitch for his own take on the Merc With a Mouth, and he had concept artist Kelton Cram whip up some weird and crazy looking Deadpool designs. They're interesting and aspects of the designs are cool, but definitely not for Deadpool.
There's a third piece of concept art that features Stone Cold Steve Austin as a character named Random, who would have appeared as one of The Mauraders in the film. According to ComicBook.com, Wadlow wanted to show a progression/evolution of Wade Wilson's superhero costume. Cram told them in an interview:
"We wanted to try a completely new direction with the suit. More of an origin suit — a self-made, makeshift suit made from motorcycle gear. As with most origin stories, this suit would go through a transition, eventually becoming something closer to the one he wears in the comics (much like the suit Blur created for Ryan Reynolds)."
Apparently, Wadlow was looking to do a more gritty and realistic approach to Deadpool, that let's be honest... it's Deadpool and that wouldn't have worked at all.
