Dafne Keen Confirms Exactly Which X-23 We Saw in Deadpool & Wolverine

Something we each assumed and hoped for successful Deadpool & Wolverine has present been confirmed. Dafne Keen, the histrion who reprised her relation arsenic X-23 successful the smash Marvel hit, confirmed successful a caller interrogation that the mentation of the quality we spot is not a variant. It’s the aforesaid 1 we saw successful Logan.

“[Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds told me] you’re not a variant. You went on with the kids for a fewer years [after the events of Logan] and past you got zapped, and you’ve been successful the TVA for a fewer years now,” Keen told ComicBook’s Phase Zero podcast. “You mislaid your accent due to the fact that you were successful America for a portion … you’re a precise intelligent kid, you learned English portion you were with Logan … To you, you are Logan’s Laura, and truthful seeing this idiosyncratic again is similar ‘Whoa, this is my Dad who I haven’t seen successful years.'” Here’s the clip.

Dafne Keen confirmed Laura/X-23 successful Deadpool & Wolverine is simply a nonstop continuation of the quality from Logan.

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Certainly watching the movie, this is your assumption. The precise quality of the multiverse is determination are infinite versions of each character, galore of which are similar. Since we’ve seen the events of Logan though, if X-23 was a variant version, it would suffer immoderate impact. By making definite she is that version, the events of Logan transportation adjacent much meaning—and erstwhile she yet unleashes herself successful Deadpool & Wolverine, it’s that overmuch much exciting.

Now, of course, this is lone what Levy and Reynolds told Keen. It was their volition and however she played the role. But, since it’s not straight confirmed successful the substance of the film, Marvel could alteration it if they wanted to. But wherefore alteration it? The travel fits successful with everything some films are saying and present that we’ve seen she’s retired and backmost successful her archetypal beingness of Earth 10005, the possibilities are endless.

Was this your presumption coming retired of Deadpool & Wolverine? Are you gladsome to person it confirmed?

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