Whatever takes place in a Deadpool sequel, Avatar’s Stephen Lang appears to want a role as Cable in the film.



Shakespeare:"CABLEs of perdurable toughness". Slang: Just staying fit. Training another story. Let's go! #Deadpool pic.twitter.com/cCZ2WTzPi9 — Stephen Lang (@IAmStephenLang) February 14, 2016

Marvel Comics' Cable

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The 63-year-old actor, who bears a striking similarity to Cable, posted an image of himself flexing during a workout on his Twitter account.He also uses a not-so-subtle Shakespeare quote to reference the time-traveling X-Man, and ends the post with the hashtag “#Deadpool”.Cable has quite a convoluted history in the Marvel Universe but was featured in a comic series alongside Deadpool and served as the leader of the X-Force at one point in the comic books. Coincidentally, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is pushing for an X-Force movie A sequel to Deadpool has reportedly been greenlit . Deadpool opened on Friday and set a new record for the biggest opening day ever for an R-rated movie

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