20th Century Fox(LOS ANGELES) — Ryan Reynolds has just revealed a clever guerrilla promotion that’s giving fans their first peek of his Deadpool 2.
On his Twitter account — on which he previously extolled the relaxing virtues of the late Bob Ross’ TV show The Joy of Painting — Deadpool spoofs the famously fuzzy-haired paartistinter.
Dressed like Ross, complete with trademark afro, over Deadpool’s costume, our hero copies Ross’ breathy delivery as he paints a canvas using colors like “Betty White” and “Yellow Snow.”
It doesn’t take long for the bit to go off the rails, with Deadpool comparing a painted winter scene to “cascading white powder,” adding, “God I love cocaine. So much.” There are also more than a few sexual references, none of which we can repeat.
About halfway through, we also get our first glimpses of Deadpool 2 footage, including gunplay, Deadpool popping out of a casket, and glimpses of returning stars Brianna Hildebrand as a bird-flipping Negasonic Teenage Warhead, T.J. Miller as Weasel, and Leslie Uggams as Blind Al. There’s also an blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of series newcomer Zazie Beetz busting down a door as Domino.
Deadpool later reveals his finished painting: the same Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving spoof seen in a Good Housekeeping promotional issue earlier this weel.
Pay attention to the video credits, too, which include names like Blanche Derereaux — another Deadpool/Golden Girls reference — as well as “Geordie Laforge,” from Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Security is credited to Dalton — a reference to Patrick Swayze’s Road House bouncer character.
There’s even a mini after-credits scene, with a cybernetic hand, belonging to Josh Brolin’s Cable, grabbing a grenade launcher.
Deadpool 2‘s scheduled for release June 1 of next year.
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