10 Movie Easter Eggs Added At The Last Minute

4. Wade's Taylor Swift Shirt - Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2 Ryan Reynolds
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The Easter Egg

When Wade (Ryan Reynolds) is traipsing around the X-Mansion in the first act, keen-eyed viewers might notice that he's wearing a shirt featuring two cats, apparently named Olivia and Meredith.

These cats in fact belong to Taylor Swift, and given that Colossus (Stefan Kapičić) took the liberty of dressing Wade post-suicide attempt, we're left to consider who the items of clothing might actually belong to. Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), perhaps?

The Story

The shirt was a last-minute idea from Ryan Reynolds, who hadn't quite considered the thorny legal implications of including the image in the film.

He said, "We made that t-shirt just 'cause I thought it was funny, and then found out from FOX's legal team that we needed actual written consent from Taylor Swift to use it. She graciously and kindly gave it to us."

Everything worked out for the best, then, yet director David Leitch couldn't help but consider the potential for disaster. He said, "Wouldn't it be cool if she actually said no, and then what would we have done? It would have been awesome."

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