The latest actor to throw his hat into the ring is Adam Copeland, but wrestling fans may know him better as Edge.
Cable is a pretty difficult role to cast, with an even more difficult backstory to adapt for the movies.
Deadpool 2 is likely to change some, if not most, of these aspects of the character, while keeping his core personality intact.
Ever since a bathrobe-clad Deadpool declared in his after credits scene that Deadpool 2 would have Cable in it, plenty of actors have stepped forward wanting to play the X-Men badass.