David Leitch and Brad Pitt have a history that goes back years; prior to becoming a director, Leitch was a stunt coordinator and stunt double who worked on Pitt movies such as “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “Ocean’s Eleven.” He had Pitt in mind for Cable, but when the actor turned him down due to his schedule, he brainstormed a way to have him pop up in his film anyway.
“We left the door open and asked him, ‘If there’s something else down the line, would you take the call?’ He said yes. So we came up with this [Vanisher] idea,” Leitch explained to Vanity Fair at the New York premiere of “Deadpool 2.”
Leitch had nothing but praise for Pitt, whom he said was willing to have fun with the innate silliness of his cameo appearance. “He came out to play and was up for anything,” he confirmed. The end result was a very memorable cameo that Marvel fans still chuckle about to this day.
