Deadpool and Wolverine's Multiverse premise allowed Fox Marvel characters to return LEF shriber explained why it was for the best his saber-tooth variant did not appear in the film X-Men Origins Wolverine was critically panned when it was released in 2009 but Marvel fans have warmed up to the film over the years some assert Deadpool and Wolverine wouldn't have happened if not for Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman's first pairing Reynolds has been campaigning for a rematch since Deadpool 2 and Jackman thought about the crossover when he saw the first Deadpool film fans hoped more characters from X-Men Origins Wolverine would appear in Deadpool and Wolverine however there were mounting rumors leev shriber would reprise saber-tooth but the trailers debunked this shriber told collider he had no idea fans were clamoring for his return I was so surprised that we had many fans and I was so surprised that people were campaigning for me to be in the new Deadpool movie he confirmed saber-tooth did appear in the movie but he was the variant Tyler main played in 2000's X-Men his brief duel with Jackman was effectively a reunion 24 years in the making shriber asserted he was eager to reprise sabertooth in another Marvel film per his 2023 interview with GQ I would have loved to bring Victor Creed back anytime anywhere he said he was then reflecting on why he didn't appear in 2017 slogan they didn't ask me he quipped I don't think he was part of Logan's story it wasn't part of that narrative LEF shriber Praises Hugh Jackman's physical preparations for Deadpool and Wolverine shriber did not confirm if he was ever approached to appear in Deadpool and Wolverine but he was grateful fans wanted him in the film it's amazing I can't begin to tell you what it feels like when people are thinking about something you did and are so appreciative of it that they want you to do it again he admitted his Cameo would requ ire serious physical preparation though to be honest it's a lot of work getting your body up to that point I know I watched you Jackman get himself ready again and I thought I'm okay to sit by the sidelines he joked Deadpool and Wolverine revealed a ripped Jackman at 55 proving he's still physically capable of the role shriber is currently 56 shriber previously praised Reynolds for correcting Deadpool's depiction in X-Men Origins Wolverine in the GQ interview he echoed fan sent that the film's ending botched the character from the comics Ryan did such a great job with that transition to the Deadpool movies cuz I felt like it was in many ways so antithetical to who that character was in Origins but I'm glad that Ryan was able to correct that mistake Deadpool tw's and credits saw Wade Wilson using Cable's time travel device to rewrite past mistakes which included erasing Deadpool from X-Men Origins Wolverine