DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE editors recall meeting Chris Evans during his hilarious foul-mouthed post-credit scene – GeekTyrant

Deadpool and Wolverine‘s co-editor Dean Zimmerman recently spoke about his experiences meeting Chris Evans to talk to him about his hilarious post-credits scene as the Human Torch.

I’ve actually wondered what Evans’ first reaction to that scene was, and now we know. Zimmer recalled the encounter during an interview with CinemaBlend.

He said: “I remember exactly when it happened. We were shooting on that New York Street. Chris came to the set. He walked down New York Street to come and say hello.”

“We had met for the first time and were sitting in the barbershop on New York Street. And Ryan literally said, ‘Hey Chris, I have an idea for this coda at the end.’

“You’re saying some of the dialogue here, but this is what you’re actually saying, and I’m going to repeat it later. Would you be willing to do it?’”

Zimmerman added: “(Chris Evans) says, ‘I’m ready for whatever you want me to do.’ And he literally got the pages that day! Chris read them, memorized them, it seemed like one take, and that was it.

I loved that Evans returned to play Johnny Storm Deadpool and Wolverineand what they did with him in the movie was crazy wild and fun!

Director Shawn Levy previously spoke about the scene, saying: “We anticipated that Chris might need a bunch of takes, because that was a page of super dirty, mile-a-minute language. Chris came in, was outside the book, knocked it out in two takes, made us piss with laughter, and that’s what you see in the movie.

“I think Chris had a blast, and I know our movie will benefit 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 boy from Boston. I should go back and watch the original Fantastic Fourbut I don’t think he played Johnny as the Boston boy he was in Deadpool and Wolverine – and for me it is perfection.”

Ryan Reynolds previously shared a tribute to Evans saying: “Thanks, @chrisevans. Some of the greatest moments I have ever experienced in a theater were written by this man. The hardest I ever laughed came from listening to Chris tell a story – about anything.

‘And this year he got me again. Chris is one of those movie stars who is actually better than you hope. And people hold him to an insanely high standard. He’s just absolutely the best.

“Part of the theme of the film is saying goodbye… And one of the benefits of working on the film is that we were able to say goodbye on different terms. Seeing Johnny Storm (even for a short time) was like seeing someone you miss come back from the dead in a dream.

“Far too short and too good to be true. Saying goodbye is difficult. It was hard to say goodbye to Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm. But at least this time we actually have to say it.

“On the other hand, it wouldn’t have been necessary if he hadn’t gone past Cassandra with his big mouth. Or if she hadn’t zipped up his skin, allowing his organs to splatter roughly onto the ground as the ground eagerly drank his blood. It was terrible.

“Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm: We love you. Wherever you are, I’m sure you’re doing well. #FlameOut”