After months of speculation, it has been confirmed thatBill Skarsgårdis playing Zeitgeist inDeadpool 2. TheITactor was first spotted in the trailer back in February of this year, but nobody knew who he was playing until now. Actually, at the time, it wasn’t even confirmed that Skarsgard was inDeadpool 2, or Terry Crews for that matter. The cast was kept on the down low as to not blow the secret of introducingX-Forcein the sequel, which the studio pulled off pretty well.
Peter W. (Rob Delaney), the superpower-lessX-Force member, took to Twitter to reveal that Bill Skarsgard is playing Zeitgeist, aka Alex Cluney. The character first appeared in X-Force #116 and was created by Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred. Cluney’s power is his ability to spew acidic vomit from his mouth, which is perfect forDeadpool 2. The Merc with a Mouth was more than likely very excited to learn of Cluney’s vomiting abilities and it will undoubtedly be the butt of more than a few jokes when the sequel hits theaters in a few weeks. Peter W had this to say about Zeitgeist.
“Watch out forZeitgeist’s acid breath! It’ll getchya if his kindness doesn’t kill you first! (Seriously. SUCH a nice guy).”
Zeitgeist was kind of a jerk in theX-Forcecomic series and didn’t last too long. The character was dismissive of his teammates and resentful of being a popular hero in the spotlight with a gross super power. The massacre ofX-Forcewas planned, but it was believed that Zeitgest was going to be one of the only survivors. However, it didn’t work out very well for Zeitgest in the end.Deadpool 2has been taking somepretty obscure charactersand bringing them to the frontline, leading many to believe that some may be disposable. So, it’s not sure if Zeitgeist will make it out of the sequel alive to join in on theX-Forcemovie.
In addition to the new character info about Bill Skarsgard, the promotional campaign also released some new images fromDeadpool 2. The leading photo has been out there for a while, but not in high resolution. The photo in question features Deadpool doing his best Lloyd Dobler fromSay Anythingimpression, holding up a tiny stereo. Most of the shots are all taken from the trailer forDeadpool 2, which was just recently released.
Deadpool 2hits theaters on May 18th and will feature Josh Brolin as Cable, who is currently inInfinity Waras Thanos. The Avengers movie is decimating the box office, but it is assumed that it will quiet down a bit to giveDeadpool 2a number one debut weekend. Thesequel is already on track to earn more than its predecessorand should have a pretty good run, even with the release ofSolo: A Star Wars Storypopping up the next week. You can check out Bill Skarsgard’s Zeitgeist below, along with some new photos courtesy ofBill W’s Twitteraccount.
