{"id":15330,"date":"2015-02-19T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2015-02-19T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T19:23:21","slug":"daniel-cudmore-will-not-be-playing-colossus-in-deadpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=15330","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cudmore will not be playing Colossus in Deadpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15331 \" src=\"http:\/\/theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"maxresdefault\" width=\"598\" height=\"478\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cudmore, the actor who has been playing Colossus in the X-Men franchise since <i>X-Men 2<\/i>, is moving on to other roles. Cudmore broke the news to his twitter followers that he would not be donning the metal skin in the upcoming <i>Deadpool<\/i> movie.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Thanks everyone for all the support for me 2 reprise the role of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Colossus?src=hash\">#Colossus<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Deadpool?src=hash\">#Deadpool<\/a> but unfortunately it won&#8217;t be happening for me con&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 daniel cudmore (@danielcudmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielcudmore\/status\/567752786679308288\">February 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nI&#8217;ve had a blast playing such an awesome character over the years! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Deadpool?src=hash\">#Deadpool<\/a> will be kick-ass with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TimMiller?src=hash\">#TimMiller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VancityReynolds\">@VancityReynolds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BestFans?src=hash\">#BestFans<\/a> \u2014 daniel cudmore (@danielcudmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielcudmore\/status\/567753428168749057\">February 17, 2015<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Colossus was rumored to be in the upcoming X-Men spinoff after it was announced that Gina Carano would be playing the part of the Morloc, Angel Dust. The reports mentioned the character would be in the film in passing, but it wasn&#8217;t clear if Cudmore would return to the role.<\/p>\n<p>While he was rarely given lines as Colossus, Cudmore certainly had the right look and physique for the metallic mutant. Personally, I thought the character wasn&#8217;t given nearly enough screen time and would like to see a lot more of him. With Cudmore not appearing in <i>Deadpool<\/i>, it could mean that Colossus has been cut from the movie altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nDaniel Cudmore, the actor who has been playing Colossus in the X-Men franchise since X-Men 2, is moving on to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=15330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Daniel Cudmore will not be playing Colossus in Deadpool&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,6,9],"tags":[157,186,201,262,782],"class_list":["post-15330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comics-2","category-film-tv","category-movies","tag-colossus","tag-daniel-cudmore","tag-deadpool","tag-featured","tag-x-men","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daniel Cudmore will not be playing Colossus in Deadpool - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=15330\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daniel Cudmore will not be playing Colossus in Deadpool - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Daniel Cudmore, the actor who has been playing Colossus in the X-Men franchise since X-Men 2, is moving on to&hellip; 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