Reynolds is notoriously impish and sarcastic, so it’s hard to say if this was a joke, or if he actually, earnestly pitched this idea to Fox. Given his tone of voice while talking to Jimmy Fallon, however, he appears to be honest. Reynolds said:
“At the time, we were — well, my first pitch to the studio was not met very well. I pitched them that Deadpool — this is for the sequel — that Deadpool would … the whole story of the movie would be Deadpool trying to steal the big red chair from ‘The Voice.’ And they were like, ‘No. That’s the dumbest thing ever. So, no.'”
“The Voice,” for those who might not know, is a singing competition show on NBC that’s been running since 2011 and that has lasted almost 600 episodes. It was based on a Dutch singing show and now has versions all over the world. The premise is simple: A contestant sings to a panel of judges who have their backs turned. If a judge is impressed with the contestant’s singing voice, they swivel their chair around to look at them. The judge, usually a celebrity, will spend the remainder of the season training them to be better singers.
“Deadpool” has nothing to do with singing, reality shows, or NBC. He’s a violent assassin who can’t die. Reynolds’ idea for a “Voice”-centric story for “Deadpool 2” was merely playful, indicating that Deadpool doesn’t always engage in high-stakes hero stories. Sometimes he just wants to steal a pop culture trinket.
Even though that idea didn’t come to fruition, Reynolds still got to be playful. He cast Brad Pitt as the Vanisher, an invisible character who doesn’t speak. Audiences saw Pitt as the Vanisher for about one second … when that character was electrocuted to death.
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