But we did it in subtle ways.” Added producer Simon Kinberg: “There’s veiled references to it in this film. “We knew that was part of the comics,” said one of the film’s screenwriters, Rhett Reese. Early in the movie, Deadpool suggests a mock fling with Wolverine and seems open to sexual experimentation during a sex montage (although the only partner in the scene is his girlfriend). There are clues in “Deadpool” that its hero is just as interested in men as he is in women, but they are often handled with a wink rather than occupying a major plot line.
“I certainly wouldn’t be the guy standing in the way of that,” Reynolds said. Reynolds added that he thought it would be “nice” for Deadpool to have a boyfriend at some point.