Morena Baccarin Talks Vanessa’s Small Role in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: “I Was Hardly On Set”

Before Deadpool & Wolverine came out, there were lots of rumors about Morena Baccarin possibly coming back as Lady Deadpool. However, Blake Lively ended up taking that part. Morena returned as Vanessa but only had a small role, appearing in a few scenes at the beginning and end of the movie.

In a recent chat on The Playlist’s podcast, The Discourse, Morena talked about her new thriller Elevation with Anthony Mackie and shared what had changed between Deadpool 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine.

She joked, “Yeah, I was hardly on set. That was the big difference.” Then, she explained more about the changes behind the scenes and during filming.

Yeah, I was hardly onset. That was the big difference. No, I’m kidding. It was a huge film in general. You know, Marvel is a big studio and they do things a certain way. So it did feel very different from [the others]. I mean, you have to remember the first film was essentially an independent, big-budget film, relatively speaking.

But not at the scale of what it is now. And we were making this film that was a little odd – like it was our sense of humor, but are other people going to think it’s funny? So it felt very, very different and very indie at the time, actually.

What did you think of Morena’s role in Deadpool & Wolverine? Would you have liked to see her in a bigger role? Share your thoughts in the comments below.