Movies News Talk
You know those movie fights that just leave you scratching your head, thinking "that's it?" Yeah, the Chris Evans Human Torch vs. Aaron Stanford Pyro battle in Deadpool & Wolverine was one of those. Let's rewind and take a deep dive into this fiery showdown. Turns out, it wasn't exactly what they had planned.
Turns out the folks behind Deadpool & Wolverine had something way different in mind, something way more epic. Aaron Stanford, the guy who played Pyro, revealed in a RadioTimes.com interview that the plan was for this battle to be a massive, intense back-and-forth with lots of cool powers and explosions. You know, what you'd expect when two flaming dudes go head-to-head! But the dude behind Pyro, he kinda saw this fight differently.
Turns out Pyro felt the fight wouldn't be much of a fight for his character at all. It wouldn't be hard. Remember, Pyro's got this thing where he can manipulate flames like it's no biggie. So for him, this fight was like a piece of cake. But why was it so easy? You've got to understand Pyro's special powers. Dude can actually suck in all the flames. Talk about having the upper hand!
You can't help but wonder, did they actually rehearse the fight scenes before filming or was this all just a last minute decision? Maybe Chris Evans was just like, "Yeah, dude, whatever you need, man. I'm cool with losing. I'm in a different movie now. " Jokes aside, this little "pyro-twist" was super unexpected. In the movie, it looked more like Johnny Storm, played by Chris Evans, was like "Oops, I lost. How did that even happen?"
Imagine you're Chris Evans and you've got this whole "I'm Johnny Storm" energy going, and the director just comes up to you and says, "Alright dude, this is what's happening. You're about to get dominated by flames. Yeah. But you know, just like it's totally no biggie." It's like that "oops, I lost my super power" scene, but on fire. We're still left wondering what could have been with a "Human Torch vs. Pyro" brawl. If the initial idea of a battle was kept, would it be worth talking about, years later, for how amazing it was? Well, that’s what makes this entire thing so interesting: We get to wonder about what-ifs and imagine those scenes coming to life in the Movies!
In the movie, Chris Evans's Johnny Storm gets his power totally taken away by Aaron Stanford's Pyro. Remember Pyro was like a flame puppet master, and the scene looked super easy for him. A complete blowout, you might say. Pyro, this X-Men dude who shoots flames, had an unfair advantage, dude. It's kinda like when your super-powered friend tries to play you at a game you're actually amazing at. Totally unfair. And that's kind of what happened in the fight! The filmmakers thought it'd be interesting to put an epic super power battle with a surprisingly fast end and, honestly, the twist kind of worked. Pyro ended the battle quickly and confidently - kind of a “let’s not keep this one interesting.” It was surprising. It was different. And hey, it made a point, Pyro is no joke. He was even willing to take the whole flame away.