Justin Baldoni is warning Disney and Marvel to hold onto all docs related to the numerous characters Ryan Reynolds carried out in “Deadpool & Wolverine” as he mounts his licensed case … and he’s zeroing in on one particular character he thinks was imagined to mock and bully him.
Baldoni’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, fired off a licensed letter, seen by TMZ, to Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Disney’s Bob Iger, indicating he believes Reynolds was overtly mocking Baldoni in a scene from the July 2024 launch.
Throughout the scene, Reynolds — collaborating in a character known as “Nicepool” — drops the street, “The place in God’s title is the intimacy coordinator?!” He moreover compliments Blake Vigorous’s character Ladypool for “snapping once more” after having a toddler … and makes a comment about being a feminist.
Vigorous simply these days accused Baldoni of sexually harassing and fat-shaming her postpartum physique on the “It Ends With Us” set. As for the feminist line, it appears as if Baldoni thinks it’s a jab at him touting himself as a feminist and ally via the promo for the movie.
The letter requires the studio preserve “all paperwork referring to or reflecting a deliberate try to mock, harass, ridicule, intimidate, or bully Baldoni by means of the character of ‘Nicepool.’”
Reynolds, who wore quite a few hats as writer, producer, and star of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” is standing by his partner Blake amid the drama. Baldoni has already dragged Ryan into the mess, claiming he badgered him all through a gathering, nevertheless sources close to Ryan have denied these allegations.
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The letter mentions among the many anticipated claims would possibly embody tortious interference with contract and civil extortion.
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Now we have reached out to Disney, and to Reynolds … thus far, no phrase once more.
