PHOTOS: Ryan Reynolds begins filming ‘Deadpool’ in Vancouver

WATCH: Ryan Reynolds waves to fans from the Deadpool filming location in downtown Vancouver

VANCOUVER – Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds has started filming his new movie Deadpool in Vancouver.

For the next two weeks, fans may be able to catch a glimpse of Reynolds and the rest of the cast and crew on the Georgia Viaduct. The area has been shut down to traffic at different times until April 18 while filming is completed.

Reynolds tweeted out an apology to Vancouverites:

Deadpool, which is a X-Men spin-off, will see Reynolds reprise his role as Wade Wilson/Deadpool from 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The movie will also shoot at North Shore Studios.

“After scouting locations in North America and Europe, we selected Vancouver for both budgetary reasons and because of the City’s increasingly positive reputation regarding its support for filming,” says the film’s Executive Producer John Kelly. “The use of the Viaduct is necessary to accommodate a critical scene that requires the appearance of highway overpasses entering a major urban centre. We are very pleased to have this opportunity to work with the City of Vancouver.”

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Photos have already begun surfacing on social media of what could be Reynolds in Deadpool. However, they could also be of Reynolds’ stunt double.
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