Spoilers ahead. As far as sequels go, Deadpool 2 has a lot to live up to. Deadpool was the surprise superhero hit of 2016, a sort of under the radar blockbuster, but it lacked one thing that most self-referential hits tend to cultivate: cameos. Unsurprisingly, the sequel changes all of that, bringing in one of the biggest surprise appearances the superhero movie world has ever seen. The Brad Pitt cameo in Deadpool 2 is so wild and amazing, it might just ruin all other cameos for the rest of time. And it's just one of many celeb appearances that happen in the film.
Pitt's cameo doesn't come until about mid-way through the film, when Deadpool's newly formed X-Force goes out on their first mission. Feeling down about his life and inspired to become a real superhero, Deadpool stages a rescue mission and recruits a handful of super-powered misfits to help him. There's the super strong Bedlam (Terry Cruise), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgård) who spits acidic vomit, Shatterstar the alien (Lewis Tan), the lucky Domino (Zazie Beetz), regular human Peter (Rob Delaney), and the Vanisher, a man who can make himself invisible. When the team is first assembled, Vanisher doesn't show himself. But when he crashes violently into electrical wires and is electrocuted while parachuting, his face is revealed, and it's none other than Pitt. Yup — to Deadpool's chagrin and the audience's delight, Pitt, the most beautiful member of X-Force, dies in an electric mess.
