Deadpool 2
TheDeadpool 2set has been hit by tragedy after a stuntwoman died performing a stunt . The unidentified stunt driver was say to have been performing a motorcycle stunt sequence when the fatal accident occur . TheDeadpoolsequel is currently being shoot in Vancouver , Canada , and the intelligence of the stunt woman ’s demise was confirm by the city ’s law via Twitter and their website .
Ryan Reynolds , Josh Brolin and Zazie Beetz have been filming Fox ’s superhero subsequence in Vancouver since late June . The film will see Ryan reprise his Golden Globe - nominated role as Deadpool / Wade Wilson , with Brolin and Beetz link up the cast asCableandDomino , respectively . T.J. Miller and Morenna Baccarin will also render as Weasel and Vanessa .
Onlookers told Vancouver affiliateCTV Newsthat the stunt gadget driver was for Beetz and that the bike stunt had been take office at Jack Poole Plaza . On August 3rd , photos from the curing , published online , showed a female stunt driver was see in the area , wear off a Domino costume while riding a black Ducati , though it has not been confirmed if this cleaning lady is the same stuntwoman who give way . The Vancouver Police have issue the following statement , regarding the tragic event :
" Vancouver Police can sustain that a female stunt gadget driver has croak on the set of Deadpool during a stunt on a bike . VPD officers are at the scene , along with policeman from WorkSafeBC . More selective information will be released when it is available .
A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox write out the follow program line to Variety , regarding the demise on theDeadpool 2set :
“ We are profoundly sadden by the fortuity that hap on the set of ‘ Deadpool 2 ’ this morning . Our hearts and prayers are with the family , friends and colleagues of our bunch phallus during this hard time . ”
Update : Ryan Reynolds make out a argument viaTwitter , which can be read below :
pic.twitter.com/82bD6JOpYH — Ryan Reynolds ( @VancityReynolds)August 14 , 2017
Just this week , Tom Cruise was involve in an on - position accidentwhile shoot the sixthMission Impossiblemovie . Back in July , thedeath of a stunt - performer onThe walk Deadset also shocked the flick / TV manufacture .
Reynolds has not in public acknowledge the stuntwoman ’s death though last calendar week , he did praise the hoi polloi of Vancouver on Twitter"for putting up with road occlusion and traffic delays"while they filmedDeadpool 2.Director David Leitch has also remained silent on societal metier watch over the on - set death , which could very well think of the production shuts down until the investigation is dispatch .
No doubt , theDeadpool 2cast and crew members will be fully supportive of this measure , so that the cause of the fortuity can be properly determined and that succeeding stunts do not finish in tragedy . Leith , who is coming off ingest directedAtomic Blonde , is a former SAG laurels - winning stuntman , so he will no doubt be more than worried that one of his crowd members has now died performing a stunt .
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root : Vancouver PD(viaEW),Variety