Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds opened up about Nicolas Cage‘s scrapped Ghost Rider return, which was part of the R-rated threequel’s early drafts along with Ben Affleck‘s Daredevil cameo. Cage portrayed the fan-favorite Marvel antihero in 2007’s Ghost Rider and its 2011 sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Deadpool & Wolverine certainly had its fair share of cameos, blowing some fan’s minds with appearances from Weslleyy Snipes’ Blade and Chris Evans as The Human Torch. But some fans couldn’t help but feel that significant cameos were missing,

It turns out that Nicolas Cage was almost in Deadpool & Wolverine. They went very far, and it turned out that there was almost an appearance of Ghost Rider. Recommended Videos Apparently, he just didn’t want to.

Director Shawn Levy recently outlined the cameos planned for Deadpool & Wolverine. On a recent podcast, Levy confirmed that the team considered characters like Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider and Ben Affleck’s Daredevil.