Actor was offered to dub for the Deadpool sequel in Hindi but had to decline as he is shooting with Zoya Akhtar for their next film
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; March 20, 2018)

Varun Dhawan lent his voice to the dubbed Hindi version of Captain America: Civil War, Priyanka Chopra to The Jungle Book and Tiger Shroff to Spider-Man: Homecoming. Now, Mirror has learnt that Ranveer Singh was approached to mouth the Hindi dialogues for David Leitch’s Hollywood film, the Deadpool sequel with Ryan Reynolds in the titular role. It was an assignment close to the 32-year-old actor’s heart but he had to turn down the offer as he is busy with Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy in which he plays a rapper.

According to a source close to the development, Ranveer is the Deadpool of India going by his mannerisms and quirks and the makers wanted to tap his star power to give Deadpool — a character with urban appeal — a wider reach and affinity in local Hindi-speaking territories. “Ranveer was extremely keen but he just couldn’t make time in his Gully Boy schedule as he is shooting at night every day,” rues the source.

While promoting the Fox Star Studios production, Reynolds had informed Mirror (February 4, 2016) that the foul-mouthed anti-hero is his alter-ego. “I like to think I’m inherently likable on screen. So I had to push myself to up the unlikeable factor a few notches. It’s sometimes liberating to play a character that doesn’t give a damn,” he had asserted. It’d have been interesting to hear Ranveer who delights in breaking rules and shattering stereotypes as the ‘voice’ of Ryan’s deadly anti-hero in Hindi.