{"id":43616,"date":"2017-04-05T11:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=43616"},"modified":"2017-04-05T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:45:38","slug":"pierce-brosnan-sets-the-record-straight-on-those-deadpool-2-casting-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=43616","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan sets the record straight on those DEADPOOL 2 casting rumors."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?attachment_id=43617\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C766&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,766\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"trio-photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?fit=640%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?resize=470%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?resize=187%2C140&amp;ssl=1 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UA4KpAz2AE8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pierce Brosnan<\/strong> recently appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UA4KpAz2AE8\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> and put one major <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/deadpool-2\/\">DEADPOOL 2<\/a> rumor to rest.<\/p>\n<p>A while back, a candid photo was posted on social media showing Brosnan doing the &#8220;hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil&#8221; pose with <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/wolv3rine\/\">LOGAN<\/a> actor <strong>Hugh Jackman<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/deadpool\/\">DEADPOOL<\/a> star <strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>. The photo quickly went viral, making some folks believe that Brosnan had actually been cast for the pivotal role of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cable_(comics)\" target=\"_blank\">Cable<\/a><\/strong> in the merc&#8217;s upcoming sequel.<\/p>\n<p>That isn&#8217;t the case though, as Brosnan said &#8220;Not true. Nothing has come my way yet. It was completely made up. We were sitting waiting for the plane, the three of us, and the guy said &#8216;quick lets get a photograph,&#8217; [so I] jump in the middle [and] Mr. Reynolds said &#8216;lets do three wise monkeys.&#8217; [They] put it out there and it went viral.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brosnan reiterated &#8220;I ain&#8217;t lying,&#8221; but said &#8220;they know where to find me&#8221; if they do want to cast him.<\/p>\n<p>Actor <strong>Michael Shannon<\/strong> (Superman Returns) is reportedly the frontrunner for Cable, a character which will have major impact to the overall X-Men film franchise, leading to a major role in 20th Century Fox&#8217;s developing X-FORCE spinoff.<\/p>\n<p>Production on &#8216;Deadpool 2&#8217; starts in the next few months, so it shouldn&#8217;t be too long before we get an official announcement.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?attachment_id=43620\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?fit=470%2C847&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,847\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Cable-WhtBkgd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?fit=470%2C847&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?resize=470%2C847&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"847\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?resize=166%2C300&amp;ssl=1 166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Cable-WhtBkgd.jpg?resize=78%2C140&amp;ssl=1 78w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierce Brosnan recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and put one major DEADPOOL 2 rumor to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[60,15,69,26,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casting","category-crew-talk","category-deadpool-2","category-photos","category-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/trio-photo.jpg?fit=1024%2C766&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}