Deadpool Recasts Its Colossus

Merc with a Mouth Replaces One of Its Cast

According to our friends at Entertainment Weekly, actor Andre Tricoteux has been replaced as Colossus in Deadpool. Tricoteux was replaced by Serbian actor Stefan Kapicic, known for his roles on 24 and The Event. Kapicic’s casting came so late, that they had to re-shoot the scenes with Colossus – now with Kapicic as the Russian – in early December.

The recasting was a choice made to make Colossus more like his comic book counterpart, giving him a more authentic accent and an appearance closer to his look in comic books.

“Tim Miller’s idea of Colossus was to be bigger and stronger than everyone else, so for the motion capture they needed an extremely tall man,” Kapicic revealed. “I’m 6ft 4 ins, but he wanted Colossus to be over 7 feet, so they used a stunt double to recreate his height, and he did very good job there. Tim also wanted Colossus to sound as close as possible to the comic book character’s background, so he had me to come in, since my voice was what he envisioned for Colossus, who has an authentic Russian accent. My character’s voice gives him the past history as Piotr Rasputin once you hear him speak. This made him the most authentic to the original idea of the comic book character.”

Kapicic is a self-confessed comic book nut, saying he “can’t live without them,” and telling EW that his grandfather bought him his first comic book at 6 years old. He says that playing Colossus is a “dream come true.” You can  see Kapicic briefly in action as Colossus in this new clip here:

Entertainment Weekly