‘Deadpool’ star Brianna Hildebrand credits Ryan Reynolds for her groundbreaking storyline

In the months since Deadpool 2 has opened, star Brianna Hildebrand has been taking in the responses to her work and plotting her next move.

The actor reprised her role as X-Men trainee Negasonic Teenage Warhead, who in the sequel became the first big-budget superhero movie character in an LGBTQ relationship. The film introduced Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna) as her girlfriend, a move that earned the film praise from GLAAD and originated as an idea from star Ryan Reynolds.

“I’ve had so many positive responses,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was Ryan’s idea. I had already done a lot of work with It Gets Better, so I think maybe he had seen some of that. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.”