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Deadpool movie won't star Daniel Cudmore as Colossus - SciFiNow

Deadpool movie won’t star Daniel Cudmore as Colossus

Colossus/Piotr Rasputin will be recast in Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool movie

Daniel Cudmore as Colossus in X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Daniel Cudmore as Colossus in X-Men: Days Of Future Past

A few days ago we heard that the Deadpool movie would feature Russian metal-man mutant Colossus, and we kind of assumed that X-Men franchise regular Daniel Cudmore would return to the character.

Well, those assumptions were wrong. The actor himself broke the news, tweeting that he would not be starring as Piotr Rasputin in the upcoming X-Men spin-off.

Cudmore tweet 1Cudmore tweet 2

 

Gina Carano and TJ Miller are the only confirmed cast members in Deadpool so far alongside Reynolds, the former playing Morlock Angel Dust and the latter playing an unnamed comic relief role.

Deadpool will be in UK cinemas 12 February 2016. Find out more about the comics that inspired the film in the 100 All-Time Greatest Comics bookazine!