Why Belsnickel From The Christmas Chronicles 2 Looks So Familiar

If you do recognize the face of Julian Dennison, it's most likely because you're a fan of a certain foul-mouthed Marvel Comics adaptation that stars the one-and-only Ryan Reynolds. The franchise in question is none other than Deadpool, which has featured Reynolds infamously portraying the titular merc with a mouth since 2016. 

That original film, of course, found Reynolds and company delivering one of the more unexpectedly twisted superhero origins in comic book movie history, with the wise-cracking, fourth-wall demolishing, hyper-violent shenanigans within cementing Deadpool as the meta comic book movie the world didn't realize it needed. The madness continued in the 2018 sequel Deadpool 2, as well with pretty much everyone involved dialing the winking cinematic chaos up to eleven to deliver what may well be the greatest anti-comic book confection ever created.

And yes, Julian Dennison was among them. In fact, he wrought as much chaos as anyone in the Deadpool 2 narrative as Russell Collins, the troubled, fire-wielding young mutant Wade Wilson desperately wanted to take under his wing. Ok, things are a bit more complicated for Russell (a.k.a. Firefist) and the gang in the film with a trip to a "Mutant Re-education Center," a Juggernaut team-up, a time travel subplot, an endless array of quippy one-liners, a Fred Savage cameo, and more hyper-violent action than you can shake a stick at driving the narrative.

For the record, Dennison's work amid the chaos is second to none with the young actor delivering a performance as maniacally over the top as the film's gonzo narrative demands; and it's our sincerest of hopes we get to see more of him in the upcoming, MCU-bound Deadpool 3.