{"id":39681,"date":"2026-02-04T08:09:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=39681"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:09:32","slug":"you-wont-believe-who-preached-about-toilet-paper-1-major-a-list-star-you-totally-forgot-appeared-in-deadpool-2-with-brad-pitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=39681","title":{"rendered":"You Won\u2019t Believe Who Preached About Toilet Paper \u2014 1 Major A-List Star You Totally Forgot Appeared In Deadpool 2 With Brad Pitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Deadpool 2<\/span><\/span><\/em> hit theaters, audiences immediately clocked the most infamous cameo of the decade: Brad Pitt<\/span><\/span><\/strong> appearing for less than a second as the invisible mutant Vanisher, revealed only when he\u2019s electrocuted mid-air. The internet lost its mind. Headlines exploded. Memes were born.<\/span><\/p>\n

But here\u2019s what most people didn\u2019t<\/em> realize: Pitt wasn\u2019t the only A-list legend hiding in plain sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting just a few feet away from Cable\u2019s explosive arrival, delivering one of the most bizarre monologues in superhero history, was Matt Damon<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u2014completely unrecognizable, buried under prosthetics, passionately lecturing about toilet paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes. That<\/em> Matt Damon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Truck Scene That Fooled Everyone<\/span><\/h3>\n

Early in the film, when Cable (played by Josh Brolin<\/span><\/span><\/strong>) time-jumps into the present, he lands near two \u201crednecks\u201d lounging on the back of a truck. One of them launches into an oddly sincere rant about bathroom hygiene, arguing that dry toilet paper only \u201csmears the problem\u201d and that wet wipes are the superior solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

That character\u2014credited jokingly under a pseudonym\u2014is Damon.<\/span><\/p>\n

He spent roughly four hours in the makeup chair, layered with facial prosthetics, a fake beer belly, and Southern affectations so convincing that even crew members reportedly didn\u2019t recognize him. The disguise was designed by Oscar-winning makeup artist Bill Corso, ensuring Damon looked nothing like an Oscar-winning movie star and everything like a guy who absolutely<\/em> has opinions about bathroom protocol.<\/span><\/p>\n

The monologue itself? Apparently a real-life bit Damon had joked about for years. Ryan Reynolds<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, delighted by it, insisted it be immortalized on film.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brad Pitt, Matt Damon \u2014 Same Movie, Never Seen<\/span><\/h3>\n

What makes this trivia hall-of-fame worthy is the coincidence: Damon and Pitt\u2014longtime friends and co-stars from the Ocean\u2019s Eleven<\/em> franchise\u2014both appear in Deadpool 2<\/em>, yet never share a recognizable frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pitt\u2019s cameo lasts just eight frames and earned him the daily minimum rate plus a cup of coffee hand-delivered by Reynolds. Damon, meanwhile, logged hours of prep for a scene most audiences never realized featured him at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

Combined, the two actors represent hundreds of millions in box-office draw\u2026 for less than a minute of total screen presence.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Deadpool Philosophy: Ego Optional<\/span><\/h3>\n

According to co-writer Paul Wernick, Damon\u2019s casting wasn\u2019t the result of studio negotiations or contracts. \u201cI don\u2019t know how we got him,\u201d Wernick admitted. \u201cHe was just having dinner with Ryan and said yes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That perfectly captures the Deadpool<\/em> ethos: if the joke is funny enough, even the biggest stars are willing to vanish\u2014literally or figuratively\u2014for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back from 2026, this stealth pairing remains one of Hollywood\u2019s greatest inside jokes. Brad Pitt became a headline. Matt Damon became a secret. And somewhere in the multiverse, a superhero movie stopped dead in its tracks so an Oscar winner could explain why toilet paper isn\u2019t enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only Deadpool<\/em> could pull that off\u2014and only legends would say yes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Deadpool 2 hit theaters, audiences immediately clocked the most infamous cameo of the decade: Brad Pitt appearing for less than a second as the invisible mutant Vanisher, revealed only when he\u2019s electrocuted mid-air. The internet lost its mind. Headlines exploded. Memes were born. But here\u2019s what most people didn\u2019t realize: Pitt wasn\u2019t the only…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}