Shawn Levy Explains “Marvel Jesus” Line from ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

The previous two Deadpool movies were full of all sorts of jokes, digs, Ryan’s fourth-wall breaks, and inappropriate comments. But, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ stepped up the game and went full in.

One of the jokes audience (at least in my cinema) liked the most, is the “Marvel Jesus” line Deadpool used when talking about saving the MCU. Finally, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ director addressed the line in an interview with ComicBook.com. Here’s what Shawn Levy said about it.

What I will say is that – definitely what I do know because we’ve spoken about this – we wrote that line long before there was such a loud conversation about superhero fatigue. And I think that was before [Ant-Man and the Wasp] Quantumania came out; before The Marvels came out. So the fact that it ended up fitting into this narrative and this cultural moment? That was coincidental.

But this idea of Wade being given an opportunity to level up into the bigs, and the kind of delusional confidence that Wade would have in declaring himself a messiah that just made us laugh and felt very ‘Wade Wilson.’ And so that was early – that was an early one.

The “Marvel Jesus” line was a hit. It came at the right moment after a few “let-downs” from Marvel Studios, which just made the joke better.