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At 49, Ryan Reynolds Crashed Marvel’s Comic-Con Panel in a Full Deadpool Suit, and It All Felt a Bit Too Cringe for Most People, Right Down to the Dropped Mic on His Way Out

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Comic-Con is Marvel’s biggest stage of the year, and this weekend it delivered the first on-screen collision of the X-Men and the Avengers.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively side by side at the Another Simple Favor New York screening at Jazz at Lincoln Center
At Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds appeared together for the April 27, 2025 screening of “Another Simple Favor.” Photo by Michael Loccisano / Getty Images.

Ryan Reynolds walked onstage at Comic-Con in full Deadpool gear to needle Robert Downey Jr. about the budget, then dropped the mic and left. Plenty of fans online thought the whole bit was trying way too hard.

Ryan Reynolds dressed in a Deadpool costume speaking at the Marvel Studios panel at 2026 San Diego Comic-Con
Ryan Reynolds, suited up as Deadpool, takes the stage during Marvel’s 2026 San Diego Comic-Con panel on July 25. Photo by Joe Scarnici / Getty Images.

Reynolds crashed Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday presentation in San Diego on Saturday, joining Downey Jr. and Paul Rudd onstage for the panel that folded X-Men characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time.

Ryan Reynolds dressed in a Deadpool suit speaking at the Marvel Studios Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con
Ryan Reynolds takes the stage in full Deadpool costume at Marvel’s Hall H presentation during San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026. Photo by Amy Sussman / Getty Images.

Still in the Deadpool suit, he opened with a jab: “This seems like an awfully expensive way to announce a film. When do you start filming?” Downey, now playing Doctor Doom, shot back, “It’s in the can, bro. Look around you. Did you bump your head?” Reynolds kept going about “additional photography” and “hot costs” before signing off with “No further questions. Happy Hogan, fetch the Audi. We’re leaving,” dropping the microphone as he walked out of Hall H.

Anthony Russo, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Russo, and Kevin Feige onstage at the Walt Disney Studios CinemaCon 2026 presentation in Las Vegas
Anthony Russo, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Russo, and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige take the stage at the Dolby Colosseum in Las Vegas to promote “Avengers: Doomsday” during CinemaCon on April 16, 2026. Photo by Gabe Ginsberg / Getty Images.

The reaction on Reddit was less charmed. One user wrote, “Ryan ‘I need all the attention’ Reynolds.” Another said, “Maybe I’m in the unpopular group but I find him annoying as hell.”

The appearance stands as the strongest hint yet that he’ll turn up in Avengers: Doomsday, with speculation about a Deadpool role still building. It also comes weeks after he and wife Blake Lively were left off the guest list for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, the fallout from Lively’s legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

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