Deadpool 2 Director Reveals How That Celine Dion Song Got into the Film

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Celine Dion’s original song “Ashes” plays a significant role in Deadpool 2 playing over the James Bond-style opening credits, the track wasn’t originally written for the film.

While director David Leitch was trying out different songs to set to the opening credits, including plans to feature Skyfall‘s Adele to further the James Bond parody, the production team were recommended the Dion track by her record label Columbia Records.