Morena Baccarin Just Revealed Her Deadpool Character

Updated on March 20, 2015 at 5:10 PM

Deadpool, the X-Men spinoff starring Ryan Reynolds, has officially been revived, and to that point, 20th Century Fox has given the film a release date (Feb. 12, 2016) and has been casting more stars. Recently, Morena Baccarin was added to the cast, and this week, she unveiled who she's playing in the film, which already includes Reynolds and a few other faces. See who else will be making an appearance in the Marvel movie.

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Ryan Reynolds

Reynolds will lead the cast as Deadpool, the alter ego of Wade Wilson. Reynolds first played the character in 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

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Morena Baccarin

Homeland and Gotham star Baccarin was cast recently, and this week she revealed on Twitter that she's playing Vanessa, aka Copycat.

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Gina Carano

Carano will play Angel Dust, a vintage Marvel character.

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T.J. Miller

Silicon Valley's Miller was recently cast in an unknown role.

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Ed Skrein

Skrein, who has appeared on Game of Thrones, joined the cast in an unknown role, though he's rumored to play the villain.

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