[[Principal photography]] commenced on March 23, 2015, in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada,<ref name="FilmingBegins"/> and ended on May 29, 2015.<ref name="FilmingEnds" /> Ken Seng served as director of photography on the film, while Robert Alonzo and Philip Silvera supervised and coordinated the film's stunts, respectively.<ref name="FXGuide" /> According to Reynolds, the key face-off between Ajax (Ed Skrein) and Deadpool after freeing himself from the persecution was inspired, in part, by the sauna showdown in [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Eastern Promises]]''.<ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-talks-the-naked-and-the-deadpool-154827024.html|title=Ryan Reynolds Talks the Naked and the 'Deadpool': About THAT Fight Scene|author=Jen Chaney|work=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|date=February 9, 2016|accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref>