One Deadpool & Wolverine Joke Created A Problem For Marvel’s Kevin Feige
“Deadpool & Wolverine” may reference pegging, and we’re sure there will be several other sexual jokes throughout its runtime. However, don’t expect to see anyone actually doing the deed, in contrast to the first Deadpool film. This summer’s movie received an R rating for “strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references.” However, 2016’s “Deadpool” had “sexual content and graphic nudity” as part of its rating guide. “Deadpool 2” didn’t contain sexual acts and featured more limited nudity (with Wade’s tiny, regenerated butt and genitals getting shown at one point) but still had ample sexual references. It’s possible any graphic sexual content just didn’t work with the story for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” rather than there being a mandate.
At this time, the only thing that Disney and Marvel Studios seemingly didn’t want in the movie is drug use. This is likely why a “Deadpool & Wolverine” trailer features Wade Wilson telling Blind Al (Leslie Uggams) that Kevin Feige won’t let them do drugs, which leads to them saying all sorts of funny euphemisms for drug use, including the Disney-branded, “Do you wanna build a snowman?”
Even if “Deadpool & Wolverine” isn’t the most sexually explicit movie ever made, it might as well by “Nymphomaniac” compared to what the rest of the MCU has done over the years. At least now, more people in the Disney brass understand what “pegging” is. Of course, they could’ve always been doing a bit where they already knew what pegging was and just thought it would be funny to see Kevin Feige explaining it.