--- title: Ryan Reynolds Shares Deadpool's Avengers Rejection Letter description: Avengers: Infinity War roared to a $250 million opening at the box office this weekend. Ryan Reynolds knows Deadpool had nothing to do with that. canonical: https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-30T15:43:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:29.810Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ryan Reynolds Celebrates Avengers' Success With Deadpool Rejection Letter og:description: "From a guy who never knows when to quit..." og:url: https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b02cec38bb5db2/69892f13929fad2289bf06a0/ryan-reynols-deadpool-avengers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ryan-Reynols-Deadpool-Avengers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Reynolds Celebrates Avengers' Success With Deadpool Rejection Letter twitter:description: "From a guy who never knows when to quit..." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b02cec38bb5db2/69892f13929fad2289bf06a0/ryan-reynols-deadpool-avengers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ryan Reynolds Celebrates _Infinity War_'s Success With _Deadpool's_ Avengers Rejection Letter  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 30, 2018 3:43 PM CUT  Ryan Reynolds arrives to the 'Final Portrait' New York screening at Guggenheim Museum on March 22, 2018 in New York City. Ryan Reynolds arrives to the 'Final Portrait' New York screening at Guggenheim Museum on March 22, 2018 in New York City.James Devaney/GC Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 30, 2018 3:43 PM CUT [_Avengers: Infinity War_](http://time.com/5252990/avengers-infinity-war-deaths/ "undefined") roared to a [$250 million opening](http://time.com/5259029/avengers-biggest-opening-ever/ "undefined") at the box office this weekend, edging out _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ to earn the highest domestic debut of all time. And[ Ryan Reynolds](http://time.com/5237676/ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-twitter/ "undefined") knows that _Deadpool_ had absolutely nothing to do with that. The anti-hero actor took to Twitter on Sunday to congratulate Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and all the rest of the Avengers on their massive success by sharing his character’s rejection letter from the Marvel superhero team. “From a guy who never knows when to quit, I’m glad you guys never did,” he captioned a photo of the Stark Industries memo. “Congrats [#Avengers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avengers?src=hash "undefined").” The note—which is dated April 14, 2012 and signed by none other than Tony Stark—lets Deadpool know in no uncertain terms what the Avengers think of his application to become one of them. “Re: Joining the Avengers,” it reads. “No. Absolutely not. Go bother Prof. X. No.” > [](https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/990608469672714240) _Deadpool 2_ is set to hit theaters on May 18. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/"},"headline":"Ryan Reynolds Celebrates Infinity War's Success With Deadpool's Avengers Rejection Letter","datePublished":"2018-04-30T15:43:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:29.810Z","description":"\"From a guy who never knows when to quit...\"","url":"https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Ryan Reynolds"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b02cec38bb5db2/69892f13929fad2289bf06a0/ryan-reynols-deadpool-avengers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt52b02cec38bb5db2/69892f13929fad2289bf06a0/ryan-reynols-deadpool-avengers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ryan-Reynols-Deadpool-Avengers","caption":"Ryan Reynolds arrives to the 'Final Portrait' New York screening","creditText":"James Devaney/GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5259597/ryan-reynolds-deadpool-rejection-letter-avengers/","name":"Ryan Reynolds Celebrates Infinity War's Success With Deadpool's Avengers Rejection Letter"}}]}] ```