‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Star Dafne Keen Promises She Has ‘Not Been Involved in Any Conversations’ About an MCU Return
Dafne Keen not only got really good at lying about her role in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, but she also really enjoyed doing it. But when it comes to her potential future in the MCU, the actress swears to TheWrap that she’s telling the truth when she says she hasn’t been part of any conversations.
“Really, I’m not lying. No, I have not been involved in any conversations,” she says. “Hopefully there have been conversations! I have no idea.”
Keen reprized her “Logan” role of X-23 – aka Laura – in the “Deadpool” threequel, Marvel’s only film release this year that shattered several box office records. Where is the character now? Well, she has been living in what is known as the Void.
It’s a desolate land where – according to Johnny Storm (played again in Chris Evans’ “Deadpool & Wolverine,” after playing the role in 20th Century Fox’s “Fantastic Four”) – “everything useless goes away before it becomes forever destroyed. And where the TVA sends people who don’t play nice with the rest of the Multiverse.
She has teamed up with Elektra (Jennifer Garner), Blade (Wesley Snipes), Gambit (Channing Tatum) and Johnny, and together they help Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) defeat Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin). .
And while the Wolverine in this film isn’t the Wolverine from “Logan,” who Laura bonded with, the two still share their DNA and bond as she explains to him the role he fulfilled in her world.
At the end of “Deadpool & Wolverine” we see that Laura and Logan are still together and celebrating Wade’s birthday. It certainly leaves the door open for either of them to return in the MCU, and Keen would certainly be up for that – especially if it means working with Jackman again.
“I got so much from Hugh, and I owe my entire career to him, and I owe so much of who I am as an actor to him, even beyond the opportunities that that has given me,” she explained. “The way I conduct myself on set is completely his fault. I think having such an incredible role model to look up to is the best thing he has ever given me.”
Keen notes that she admired him as an actor even as a child, but now that she’s gotten to work with him now that she’s grown up. Was a very different, yet wonderful experience.
“I think as an 11-year-old you can only absorb so much creatively. Getting to work with him as an 18-year-old and really seeing how incredible he is as an artist — like, just talking about it gives me goosebumps,” she continued. “For me he is really one of the greatest actors, I think. And he has such incredible truth and versatility, and he has so many layers, and he is so incredibly nuanced, and he has the most incredible range, and he is such an incredible hard worker.
“He makes it very easy for everyone around him to work. He’s a very easy person to work with, and every time I work with him, I feel like he brings out the best in me, and I think he brings out the best in everyone around him. ”
As for what a future collaboration between Logan and Laura could look like, Keen has some ideas, including perhaps a sitcom or a sketch show. But if we never see them together on screen again, she has a clear picture of what their lives are like.
“In my mind, they work together and are like a dream team,” she explained. “They both get on each other’s nerves. She adores him. They have this incredible multi-dimensional connection because they’re the same person, and they’re fighting for justice, in my head, along with their fun-loving friend Deadpool.
“Deadpool & Wolverine” is now streaming on Disney+.
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