Deadpool Trailer Breakdown: 27 Things You Need To See

23. Meet The Recruiter

You should never trust anyone with that smug a face offering you a last-gasp chance of redemption. They are probably Satan. Or in this case, they're Jed Rees - playing shady Weapon X enabler The Recruiter (think The Amazing Spider-Man's Man In The Hat or a charming, evil Nick Fury) - most recognisable as one of the special Olympians in The Ringer (try shaking that out of your head when watching him), and as one of the aliens from Galaxy Quest.
"What if I told you, we can make you better?" Channelling Morpheus no less, in case anyone missed the fact that this guy is effectively the White Rabbit. Weighed down by The Recruiter's option for life, Wade apparently goes and stands in an alleyway, reflecting...
And then takes his mind off it by going clubbing...
Again, the trailer is clearly using later moments to sell the emotion of the narrative; this looks more like he's scoping out a club (probably one where he met someone dear to him...)
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