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Actor Walker Scobell is currently riding high on the success of the Disney Plus seriesPercy Jackson and the Olympians. Based on the popular young-adult fantasy novel series, Scobell played the lead role of Percy Jackson, the demigod who is the son of Poseidon in the series. The show is the second adaptation of the novels, with the first one starring Logan Lerman.
Scobell had his dream debut as a younger version of Ryan Reynolds in Shawn Levy’sThe Adam Project. The actor has a good off-screen friendship with theDeadpoolstar, which has given traction to rumors that Scobell would be playing Kidpool in the upcoming MCU filmDeadpool 3. However, the actor recently broke the silence on the rumors.
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Is Walker Scobell InDeadpool 3?
ActorWalker Scobellseems to be the new kid on the block who is getting all the big franchises. Making his debut in Ryan Reynolds’The Adam Project, he quickly rose to prominence when he was cast as Percy Jackson in the Disney Plus seriesPercy Jackson and the Olympians. The series premiere reportedly had a record viewership of 13.3 million.
While Scobell rules the seas as the son of Poseidon, he is also rumored to play a younger version of Reynolds again in the upcoming MCU filmDeadpool 3. The film is set to be a multiversal story that also stars Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and is rumored to star Jennifer Garner as Elektra. However, fans also speculate that Scobell would play the role of Kidpool.
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The rumors began when X userCaleb Williamsposted a video that showedRyan Reynoldsand Walker Scobell reciting lines fromDeadpool 2on the sets ofThe Adam Project. The child actor recites them in the sarcastic and humorous tone that Deadpool is known for. The caption for the video said,“So @VancityReynolds totally got @walkerscobell3 to cameo as Kidpool in #Deadpool3 right?”
While the rumor mill went on with the fan cast, the news reached thePercy Jacksonstar as well. In a global press tour for the series, Scobell addressed the rumors toComicBook.com. When asked if there was a chance he would reunite with Reynolds inDeadpool 3, he said,
“Not that I know of. I think I learned a lot of valuable lessons from them that I used while filming Percy Jackson…I’m not sure. Hopefully, we will reunite someday. But I don’t know.”
The rumors of Walker Scobell starring inDeadpool 3gained even more traction when Ryan Reynolds liked the video posted by Caleb Williams.
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Who Is Kidpool?
Walker Scobell was rumored to play the younger version of Deadpool from an alternative universe called Kidpool. Hailing from Earth – 10330, Kidpool is simply a younger Deadpool as opposed to a kid version of him. However, there are some changes to his origin story. While Deadpool became a superhero with mutant abilities due to experiments done on him, Kidpool was born a mutant and attended Professor X’s school.
Kidpool does not get along with the rest of his mutant classmates and joins Deadpool’s Deadpool Corps to save the multiverse. There he travels to Earth-20110, where the native Deadpool is an Avenger, who dies under mysterious circumstances. The Deadpool Corps have to fight a zombified hoard of Avengers such as Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man.
Kidpool’s weapons include two lightsaber-esque swords that he stole from the Danger Room in Professor X’s school. He only meets Deadpool during his multiversal battles, which made perfect sense to fans when it was rumored that Scobell would be playing the role. While Walker Scobell has debunked the rumors, one can never know with Ryan Reynolds as the came might just happen.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
