Before Marvel Studios released “Deadpool & Wolverine” in July of 2024, Connecticut natives and cousins Davey Lozano and Julian Shadeck were already engulfing themselves in that universe.
'Deadpool' duo Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy discuss filmmaking at Yale
Actor Ryan Reynolds and director/producer Shawn Levy spoke with entertainment reporter Kevin McCarthy at the Yale Schwarzman Center's Woolsey Hall on Feb. 26, 2025. Photo: Dan Renzetti / Yale University
Cosplayers Julian Shadeck (left) and Davey Lozano (right) dressed up as Marvel characters Deadpool and Wolverine for Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy's talk at Yale University on Feb. 26. Photo: Abby Weiss / Hearst Connecticut Media
Lozano has been sporting the suit of the Marvel comics character Deadpool for three years, putting on the hefty red and black superhero costume at comic conventions, movie theater lobbies and birthday party gigs. And since the announcement of the third Deadpool film in 2023, Shadeck has joined him as Wolverine. They both donned costumes to attend Yale Schwarzman Center's event: Dynamic Duo: A Conversation with Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy, Moderated by Kevin McCarthy.