An unfortunate canine once labelled ‘Britain’s ugliest dog’ is now basking in the limelight after landing a role in Hollywood.
Distinctive-looking pooch Peggy was chosen by Ryan Reynolds for his latest Deadpool film, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’, where she plays Dogpool – the companion to his character, Wade Wilson. Several photos of Peggy with her now famous long tongue sticking out from the corner of her mouth have been shared to Reddit.
According to a post on the CasualUK subreddit, WeRateDogs shared Peggy was adopted by the Middleton family five years ago and was the “runt of her litter and the last to be chosen due to her looks.” Peggy was described as “a Pug mixed with Chinese Crested. Despite having no previous acting experience, she proved to be a natural on set.”
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Reddit users praised her performance in the comments section. “Congratulations to Peggy for being the lead star in the film with the most successful opening weekend of the year,” one user enthused. Over a week since its release, the film continues to dominate the US box office with takings of $97M, making it the highest-grossing R-rated film ever.
“The real star of the movie,” another person complimented, before a third chimed in: “Just watched Deadpool and Wolverine and she is an absolute star! Proper ugly cute.”
Others were taken aback, confessing they were duped into believing Dogpool’s look were CGI mastery. “Wait, that was an actual dog?! ” one fan exclaimed. “Holy cr*p it’s ugly… and really cute. Did a great performance.”
Meanwhile, a second found the hilarity in their own gaffe: “I assumed the tongue was CGI! What a disgustingly beautiful creature she is.” And another viewer shared their astonishment: “I’m shook. I literally spent half the film wondering how they got its tongue to look like that.”
Another snippet of behind-the-scenes gossip emerged when a Reddit user recounted the unorthodox methods used to film a scene where Peggy plants a smooch on Reynolds, even going as far as licking the inside of his mouth.
They revealed an odd production gimmick that made co-star Jackman visibly repulsed, divulging, “They had to get Peggy to lick the inside of Ryan Reynolds mouth, and so they were basically shoving various things in there and seeing what she liked the best,” they penned. “It was salmon paste, and they spent hours shooting that, I think I too would be questioning my life.”
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