Deadpool & Wolverine received an R rating from the censor board because of its raunchy jokes and themes of violence, which are the franchise's signature characteristics. The movie did not leave any of its s*x or cocaine jokes behind.
However, one particular joke in this Shawn Levy film had to be modified and did not make it to the official cut of the film as it was a little too much for Bob Iger, the Disney CEO.
The wild joke involved Mickey Mouse, and it can be read in the official script, which is available on Disney’s FYC website. Let us find out what was offensive about the particular NSFW joke in Deadpool & Wolverine that prevented it from being part of the film.
What was the Mickey Mouse joke that was cut from Deadpool & Wolverine?
Since Marvel Studios shared the screenplay of Deadpool & Wolverine as part of Walt Disney’s campaign for some of its biggest 2024 releases, the joke that did not make it to the final cut is now available for all to see.
The line that got cut was:
“F—! What we can’t even afford one more X-Man? Disney is so cheap. I can barely breathe with all this Mickey Mouse c— in my throat.”
While the major part of the line stayed, the last sentence had to be changed to
“I got Pinocchio jammed in my a*s, and he’s lying like crazy.”
Even by Deadpool's standard, this line is pretty wild. While Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds intended to keep it, they eventually agreed to Bob Iger's request and modified it.
Why was the Mickey Mouse joke removed from the final cut of Deadpool & Wolverine?
After its release in July, the movie broke multiple records, and in August, director Shawn Levy spoke about the "line" in an interview with Entertainment Weekly:
“There was only one line in the entire movie that we were asked to change. We have made a pact, Ryan and I, to go to our grave with that line, but I will say that it was replaced with an equally dirty line of dialogue about Pinocchio shoving his face up Deadpool’s ass and starting to lie like crazy. I was like, ‘Ryan, that’s your replacement line in response to, ‘Can we clean it up?’ That’s Ryan Reynolds for you, audacious to the very edge.”
However, he did not reveal the original line during that time. In September, Ryan Reynolds also talked about the line and Bob Iger’s opinions while at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York:
“There was only one line in the entire film that they asked me to take out.”
He further added:
“As soon as somebody says something like, ‘Ryan, Bob Iger here. Would love it if you’d take that one line out. It’s really going to make our life hard over here.’ As soon as they say that, there’s just something in my brain that goes, ‘Must keep line! Precious!' And then as soon as the fog of war lifts and you have a second thought, it’s like, ‘Of course I can take that out. Can I say something about Pinocchio instead?’ And the answer is yes!”
While the festival audience wanted Reynolds to say that line, he refused and supported Disnye’s decision to ask them to remove it.
Deadpool & Wolverine marked the franchise’s debut with Marvel. The movie amassed a whopping $1.3 billion worldwide and became the highest-grossing R-rated film.
Deadpool & Wolverine can be streamed on Disney+.
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