Although Taylor Swift is chiefly known as worldwide singing/songwriting phenomenon who has plenty of upcoming music and other things for her Swiftie fanbase to look forward to, she’s also acted on various occasions over the years. So because she has such experience under her belt, it’s been rumored for a long time that she’s set to play Dazzler in Deadpool and Wolverine , the next of the upcoming Marvel movies . There’s been so much chatter about this topic that Ryan Reynolds has taken time to address it.

While we do know that Deadpool and Wolverine will feature a lot of Marvel cameos on top of the return of Hugh Jackman ’s adamantium-clawed mutant, Swift’s Dazzler is among the many who are far from confirmed for Deadpool 3 ’s cast . Still, Fandango ’s Jacqueline Coley tried to test those waters while speaking with Reynolds, Jackman and director/co-writer Shawn Levy. After Reynolds and Levy joked about how they were going to avoid talking about that topic rather than straight up lie about it, the former said the following when Coley asked how much the Swifts have talked with them about Dazzler: Movies like this, there’s so much speculation, so many people that might end up in the film.

I mean, I saw one that was convinced Elvis was in the movie. Anything could happen, and that’s sort of what I love about this universe and this world. Surprises are the essence of Deadpool.

Back in November 2023, Ryan Reynold finally acknowledged that he’d heard about the .