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Deadpool

Lee had a speaking part in 2016’s R-rated Deadpool (NSFW link), playing a DJ at the Vancouver strip club The No. 5 Orange.

He later revealed that he actually filmed his part in a studio and was disappointed not to be in the vicinity of the topless dancers.

“I don’t know if I should tell you the truth about that cameo. It will kill all your fun,” Lee told the Hollywood Reporter. “I was not in the topless dancing place. I did that in a studio and then they put it into the movie, and I’m damn mad about that!”

He continued, “I made them promise on the next one, I’m going to be right there.”

Vancouver Fan Expo

In 2013, Lee returned to Vancouver to take part in the second annual Vancouver Fan Expo, a festival that celebrates comic books, super heroes, science fiction and all things fun and nerdy.

Photo by FRANCIS GEORGIAN / VANCOUVER SUN

Postmedia’s Tiffany Crawford was the lucky reporter assigned to interview Lee:

Mr. Marvel dazzled excited and nervous fans at a small gathering at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Vancouver ahead of Fan Expo on Saturday.

“Vancouver is wonderful and the people are so great,” said Lee, shortly after signing autographs and joking with his fans. “You know what — the next time I do a hero I’ll let him come from Vancouver, how does that sound?”

Crawford talked to fans like Devin Snashall, who came from Victoria for a chance to meet Stan Lee.

Before meeting Lee, Snashall said he hoped it would be a magical experience and afterward said he wasn’t disappointed.

“He’s the pioneer. He’s the guy that helped bring everything to the forefront. he made so many iconic characters,” he said.

“It was great. He’s a human being, I mean imagine that, flesh and blood — but it all goes by so quickly.”

Lee is survived by his daughter, Joanie, and a younger brother who also worked in comics, Larry Lieber.

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With files from Associated Press, Tiffany Crawford