It鈥檒l be years before he can see the R-rated movie, but five-year old Ethan Hagel has already developped a bit of an obsession with Deadpool.
Whether it鈥檚 socks, cups or Lego, he loves anything that depicts his favourite comic book hero.
For his most recent birthday, the Victoria youngster got a Deadpool costume from his great aunt, Nancy Lane. 鈥淗e wore it for like a week straight,鈥� recalled Cheryl, Ethan鈥檚 mom.
Ethan wasn鈥檛 able to catch a glimpse of the foul-mouted protagonist last month when to shoot scenes for the upcoming sequel, but a week later Cheryl took him to Royal Roads University to recreate the picture that Reynolds had tweeted out.
鈥淗e made me take about 20 before we got the right angle,鈥� Cheryl laughed.
The photo made its way to Reynolds鈥� publicist and the Hollywood star posted the pic to his Instagram account over the weekend. It鈥檚 since gotten nearly a million likes.
The posing fun continues! Visitors are welcome at the castle daily for guided tours to Sept 4, in cosplay or not.
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But Cheryl says Ethan isn鈥檛 overly excited about his newfound fame. He鈥檚 mostly just pumped that Deadpool saw his photo.
As for when he might be able to watch the movie, Cheryl says it鈥檒l be a while.
鈥淚 only let [him] see G-Rated movies and I鈥檝e been very fussy about that,鈥� she said.
