Gina Carano talks Deadpool’s mutants, powers, and costumes

The first pitch for the Deadpool standalone movie didn’t include an origin story until star Ryan Reynolds explained to writers Rhett Reese and Paul Warnick that it needed to. It needed to erase the “Deadpool” featured in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and explain who and why Wade Wilson is the way he is.

And a big part of that is due to the actions of Deadpool’s two main antagonists: Ajax (Ed Skrein) and Angel Dust (Gina Carano). We spoke with Carano about joining the Deadpool movie and playing the rage-fueled super strong mutant known as Angel Dust; fighting with a massive CGI Colossus; working with her friend in first-time director Tim Miller; getting serious about the comic books with Ed Skrein, and more!