'DEADPOOL JIBE'
Ryan Reynolds created woke feminist character in last Deadpool film ‘to mock wife’s court rival co-star’
Nicepool also had a man bun hairstyle like Justin and referenced alleged comments at the centre of their dispute
RYAN Reynolds created a woke feminist character in his latest Deadpool film to mock his wife’s court rival co-star, legal papers allege.
The Hollywood A-lister, 48, was said to have come up with Nicepool as a “vicious caricature” of Justin Baldoni.
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He even had the character shot dead by Ladypool, voiced by his wife Blake Lively, who is locked in a £320million defamation battle with Justin, 41.
Nicepool also had a man bun hairstyle like Justin and referenced alleged comments at the centre of their dispute.
The scenes in Deadpool & Wolve-rine “were intended to be a transparent, mocking portrayal of Reynolds’ warped perception of Baldoni”, the legal documents allege.
The claims are in a 224-page filing by Justin’s lawyers as the defamation case potentially heads to court in New York tomorrow.
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Justin fell out with Blake, 47, on the set of This Ends With Us, with both sides accused of trashing the other’s reputation.
According to the legal papers, Mr Reynolds "demanded" that Mr Baldoni apologise for the treatment of his wife.
Mr Baldoni claims that the Nicepool scenes "were intended to be a transparent and mocking portrayal of Reynolds’ warped perception of Baldoni".
The Nicepool character even referenced issues which had come up during the filming of This Ends With Us, it was claimed.
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The document states: "Nicepool commented inappropriately on a female character’s attractive body after childbirth and excused his remark by claiming he identified as a feminist.
"Nicepool also made reference to an ‘intimacy coordinator’ and even used a hairstyle that mirrored Baldoni’s previously longer hair".
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