Deadpool 3 already had a lot going for it by properly teaming up Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine following their underwhelming pairing in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but over the last few months, the threequel has been framed as significantly bigger affair. Towards the end of May, rumors of more classic X-Men characters returning made the next Deadpool movie sound like the mutant version of Spider-Man: No Way Home, and then a couple weeks ago, it was reported that Ben Affleck was seen on the Deadpool 3 set, naturally sparking speculation that he’ll reprise Matt Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil, another character from 20th Century Fox’s era of Marvel movies. While that remains to be verified, word’s come in that Jennifer Garner, another alum from 2003’s Daredevil, is now on deck to reprise Elektra.
This update comes from THR, which shared that Garner will reunite with fellow The Adam Project talent Reynolds and director Shawn Levy to work on Deadpool 3. Assuming this information is true, then this will be her third time playing Elektra Natchios, as following her debut as the character in Daredevil, she led the Elektra spinoff released in 2005. Garner also began dating Ben Affleck a year after Daredevil’s release and married him the following year. They have three children together, but they ultimately divorced in 2018.
