DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Editors Recall Meeting Chris Evans Over His Hilarious Foul-Mouthed Post-Credits Scene
Deadpool & Wolverine's co-editor Dean Zimmerman recently talked about his experience meeting with Chris Evans to talk to him about his hilarious foul-mouthed post-credits scene as the Human Torch.
I’ve actually wondered what Evans’ initial reaction that that scene was and now we know. Zimmer recalled the meeting during an interview with CinemaBlend.
He said: "I specifically remember when it happened. We were shooting on that New York Street. Chris came to the set. He walked onto the New York Street just to come say hi.”
"We had met for the first time, and were sitting in the barber’s shop on the New York Street. And Ryan literally was like, 'Hey Chris, I have this idea for this coda at the end.
“You say some of the dialogue here, but this is what you actually say, that I'm gonna repeat later on. Would you be willing to do it?'"
Zimmerman added: "[Chris Evans] goes, 'I'm game for whatever you want me to do.' And he literally got the pages that day! Chris read them, memorized them. It was like one take. He did it a few times, and that was it. There were three cameras on it, and that was it."
I loved that Evans returned to play Johnny Storm in Deadpool & Wolverine, and what they did with him in the film was insanely wild and fun!
Director Shawn Levy previously talked about the scene, saying: “We expected that Chris might need a bunch of takes because that was a page of super dirty, mile-a-minute language. Chris came in, was off book, banged it out in two takes, had us pissing with laughter, and that's what you see in the movie.
“I think Chris had a blast, and I know our movie benefits from Chris playing Johnny very differently from Cap. Gone is the righteous nobility and cleanliness of Captain America. This is a Boston-inflected, Chris Evans-inspired Johnny Storm.
“I feel like it's more Chris than the original Chris Evans. Chris is a Boston boy. I'd have to go back and watch the original Fantastic Four, but I don't think he played Johnny as the Boston boy that he did in Deadpool & Wolverine — and to me it is perfection.”
Ryan Reynolds previously shared a tribute to Evans saying: “Thank you, @chrisevans. Some of the greatest moments I’ve ever experienced in a theater were authored by this guy. Some of the hardest laughing I’ve ever done came from listening to Chris tell a story — about anything.
“And he got me again this year. Chris is one of those movie stars who’s actually better than you hope he is. And people hold him to a crazy high standard. He‘s just the absolute best.
“Part of the movie’s theme is saying goodbye… And one of the gifts of working on the film is that we got to say goodbye on different terms. Seeing Johnny Storm (if only for a short while) was like seeing someone you miss come back from the dead in a dream.
“Way too brief and too lovely to be real. Goodbyes are hard. It was hard saying goodbye to Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm. But at least we got to actually say it this time.
“On the other hand, it wouldn’t have been necessary if he hadn’t run his fat-ass mouth around Cassandra. Or if she hadn’t zip-zapped his skin, leaving his organs to splash crudely onto the ground, while the soil greedily drank his blood. It was horrible.
“Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm: We love you. Wherever you are, I’m sure you’re thriving. #FlameOff”
