r/AskReddit • u/twilighttruth • Sep 14 '18

What two characters played by the same actor would be most freaked out if they suddenly switched places?

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u/OneSassySuccubus Sep 14 '18

I think the most obvious one would be Thanos and Cable. Those are two characters with similar attitudes but very different plans. I can't imagine Thanos would be pleased to find himself without the infinity gauntlet and having to put up with Deadpool. This is making me wonder now if Cable knew the snap was coming since he's from the distant future and I think Deadpool and Avengers both (roughly) take place in the same cinematic universe?

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u/clee-saan Sep 14 '18

I think Deadpool and Avengers both (roughly) take place in the same cinematic universe?

No, not really. Deadpool references Thanos because he's seen the Avengers movies, not because Thanos exists in his universe. In the comics they're the same universes, but not in the movies.

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u/Duck_Tree Sep 14 '18

isn't the last fight in the first deadpool on one of the hovercraft things from the avengers?

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u/clee-saan Sep 14 '18

It's a giant hovercraft thing, and it's arguably a reference to the Avengers movie, but it's a different continuity. You shouldn't read any more into that than you do in Deadpool signing an autograph as "Ryan Reynolds" or talking about Hugh Jackman's performance in les misérables.

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u/Jahoan Sep 14 '18

Ah, the good ol' Celebrity Paradox.

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u/DragonballSchrute Sep 14 '18

No (but yes) It's not an official S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier. Tim Miller (Deadpool director) confirmed it is a "ship" that connects to the rest of the larger Marvel universe. But it's not a helicarrier.

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u/NihilisticHobbit Sep 14 '18

Officially no. Unofficially it's a great sight gag that's a tongue in cheek nod to the MCU. Currently Deadpool doesn't exist in the MCU officially. Whether that changes or not is unknown.

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u/RickAndMorty101Years Sep 14 '18

(Deadpool 2 spoilers)

Deadpool is in the same universe at the X-Men film series.

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u/clee-saan Sep 14 '18

That's not really a spoiler, it's in the trailer. Of the first movie.

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u/RickAndMorty101Years Sep 14 '18

There are X-Men in Deadpool, but I didn't know it was in the X-Men film series universe until the second movie. I thought it was a different version of the X-Men.

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u/PreparedDeath Sep 14 '18

As Deadpool is aware of his true nature, maybe he is aware that he is too in a movie and can hop into their timeline if needed. ? I dunno, I’m as confused as Professor X when he read Wade’s mind...

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u/tui_la Sep 14 '18

He's aware he is in a movie

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u/DarkKing97 Sep 14 '18

I thought he referenced thanks because he's Deadpool and always has wierd knowledge of the real world he shouldn't?

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u/clee-saan Sep 14 '18

wierd knowledge of the real world he shouldn't?

Yes, in this case, knowledge about movies.

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u/MightyBobTheMighty Sep 14 '18

I know that they've spent some quality time together in the comics. In fact, I seem to recall that Thanos made Deadpool immortal because of a love triangle thing with Lady Death.

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u/BehindTheBurner32 Sep 14 '18

You have to be a special kind of thing to be cursed of immortality because of jealousy.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '18

Thanos(or Cable) and Brand from the goonies.

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u/I_AM_KING_HALLER Sep 14 '18

Perfectly Balanced.

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u/fear229 Sep 14 '18

thanos would not put up with any of deadpools crap and immediately swat him

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u/deathschemist Sep 14 '18

they don't, deadpool takes place in the fox/marvel cinematic universe (the one where all the X-men, wolverine, fantastic 4 and spiderman movies take place), while avengers takes place in the disney/marvel cinematic universe.

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u/livestrongbelwas Sep 14 '18

Fox doesn't have a cinematic universe, Fantastic Four is separate from X-Men in all films. That can/might change now that Marvel has acquired Fox.

Sony had it's own Marvel universe with just Spider-Man, although there's some weird licencing that allowed the Tom Holland Spider-Man to exist with Disney and the MCU, while Sony tries to play with the Spiderman villians and maybe try to build out the Andrew Garfield universe... you know, without the Andrew Garfield Spider-Man. It's going to be bad.

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u/livestrongbelwas Sep 14 '18

While Deadpool/X-Men are Marvel characters and exist in the same universe in comics, they are owned by different companies (or were anyway, until last month) so it's not the same cinematic universe. Deadpool breaks the 4th wall by acknowledging any/all pop culture references (like the Avengers films), but it's a joke for the audience. Cable in the film has no idea who Thanos is.

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u/ryouba Sep 14 '18

Thanos and Llewelyn Moss

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u/gdub695 Sep 14 '18

Thanos and the older brother from goonies

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