Leslie Uggams announced via her website that she has been cast as Blind Al in the upcoming Deadpool film. The character of Blind Al is a former World War II UK intelligence agent who forms a odd mentor/friend relationship with Deadpool after he hired to assassinate her. Deadpool is directed by Tim Miller with a script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. You can catch Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool February 12, 2016.