By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2016 10:45 am EST
The unexpected Deadpool Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 connection was revealed at a recent event in Los Angeles (via The Playlist). According to Deadpool screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the breakout character played by Brianna Hildebrand, was chosen to be in Deadpool solely because she had a cool name (which itself was borrowed from the stoner rock band Monster Magnet).
Funnily enough, Monster Magnet also has a song called “Ego, the Living Planet,” although in this case the band was paying homage to the comics.
Update from editor Peter Sciretta: Guardians of the Galaxy series director James Gunn has now confirmed this story via his facebook page, posting the following statement:
Angie Han’s original story follows:
The trade seems to have worked out beautifully for 20th Century Fox. Negasonic Teenage Warhead proved a perfectly entertaining companion to Deadpool, able to undercut his goofy irreverence with her own deadpan snark. We’ll find out next year how it panned out for Marvel Studios, when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opens in theaters. Considering they managed to attract Kurt Russell to the role, though, we’re guessing it’ll turn out to be a win-win.
