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Ed Skrein Says Deadpool Has Been His Most Nerve-Racking Film

Deadpool actor Ed Skrein admits that the popular Marvel comic book film was the most nervous he's been on set.

As an influential character and an established comic book title, most Marvel fans always had high hopes for a cinematic adaptation of Deadpool, which eventually proved spot-on given its massive success and ability to become an entire franchise. Soon enough, we'll witness the third installment, arguably the most highly-anticipated film in MCU's current Phase 5 era.

Now, one of the all-important stars attached to the very first Deadpool film is revealing that even after stepping into massive projects like Rebel Moon, Alita: Battle Angel, or Midway, there's still nothing quite like the intensity of joining a high-stakes comic book film for the first time.

Rebel Moon Star Ed Skrien Talks Deadpool Nerves

During a recent interview with Collider to promote the release of his new film Rebel Moon, actor Ed Skrein was asked which project caused him the most general nervousness going into production, with Skrien admitting, "I'd say Deadpool. I was really nervous because I've been reading Deadpool since I was, like, 10 years old. I used to go to the comic book fairs and collect them. I still got my comics from back in the day, so I was really nervous because I really wanted to do well. I think [Tim Miller] would say the same thing, that the first day I turned up a bit nervous."

Skrein then goes on to elaborate, "We joke about it now, but he came to me after, like, two weeks and was like, 'I wanna let you know, you are enough, and I want you to be you, and just be how you are when we're just talking, messing around.' He really filled me with confidence and made me able to break through that kind of imposter syndrome. Then, after that, I really did my best work. Some of my favorite scenes in it were even when I came back to Vancouver like six months or a year later for the reshoots, and it was like I was just super confident, loved all of the crew, loved Tim, and could hit the ground running. But yeah, that first day, I was bricking it."

Deadpool 3 arrives in theaters on July 24, 2024.

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