There was a hot second where Marvel Cinematic Universe rumormongers were certain Taylor Swift would sail off her biggest success of all time straight into a role in Deadpool & Wolverine. Swift did not wind up playing Dazzler in the MCU-X-Men crossover event because she had 8 billion other better things to do, but at no point was the cameo inconceivable — why wouldn’t the two most hyper-saturated pop culture franchises become one?
