12 Movie Characters Who KNEW They Were In Movies

12. Deadpool

The character who took the idea of breaking the fourth wall as his entire raison d'etre. Beginning in the comics, Deadpool would often speak directly to the reader, comment on the story from the inside, and generally live one dimension higher than his other Marvel brethren.

Naturally this continued into his solo film, with the movie's opening credits even referencing the trite and unimaginative casting superhero films usually utilise. Unfortunately the movie forgets to transcend its own critiques, not offering up any better ideas than the ones it's lambasting.

The more memorable moments of self-awareness in the movie include Deadpool commenting on the also-ran level of X-Men the studio is able to afford on his Xavier Mansion visit, and asking which Xavier (McAvoy or Stewart) Colossus is taking him to.

He also references another fourth wall break on this list, appearing at the end of the movie wearing a Ferris Bueller-style dressing gown, and telling the audience what to expect in the sequel, before delivering the exact same lines Bueller did the first time around.

So meta.