Ryan Reynolds Unveils His Deadpool Costume While Channeling Burt Reynolds (Updated)

A spoof of the iconic Cosmo centerfold.

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Ryan Reynolds is the perfect smart-ass to play the Merc with a Mouth, and he's proven such in his unveiling of the Deadpool costume. The actor tweeted out the above photo today along with the caption, "With great power, comes great irresponsibility." His seductive pose on top of a bear skin rug is an homage to the iconic Burt Reynold's centerfold for Cosmo:

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So who did it better?

Update 3/27/15 (1:46 p.m.): 20th Century Fox has given us more by revealing Deadpool's logo, title card, and synopsis. 


Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

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