8 Shocking Differences Between Leaked Deadpool Screenplay And Movie

5. Wade's Battle With Cancer And Suicide Attempts

In the movie, Wade pretty much resigns himself to his fate upon learning that he's dying of cancer, but in the screenplay, he tried pretty much everything to save himself before accepting the offer of that mysterious recruiter. In fact, he travels all over the world in a bid to save himself, but things take a stranger turn when he arrives in Mexico. It's there that a doctor is claiming he can remove people's tumours, and upon learning that he's actually ripping people off by revealing they're "cured" after showing them what is in reality chicken guts, Wade brutally murders him, holding the doctor's still beating heart in his hands. If you think that's extreme, things take an even darker turn following Wade's escape from Ajax's facility. He attempts to commit suicide by jumping from a building, only to later wake up fully healed. Not happy leaving it there, he goes on to try and kill himself in a series of more gruesome ways, including riding a motorbike into a brick wall at 120mph. The whole sequence feels overly gratuitous (especially when he goes to a junk yard and crushes himself with a car), and so it's fair to say that the movie taking a more serious and straightforward approach to both his cancer diagnosis and healing factor was ultimately for the best.