Stefan KapiÄ ić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Капичић; born
December 1, 1978) is a Serbian actor best known for his role of
Colossus in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). He is also member
of Council for the Film Industry of Montenegro.KapiÄ ić was born 1
December 1978 in Cologne, West Germany, the son of Slobodanka "Beba"
Žugić, a Montenegrin actress, and Dragan KapiÄ ić, a retired
Serbian basketball player. His father played for Saturn Köln during
that time. At three years of age the family returned to SFR
Yugoslavia. His grandfather bought him his first comic book when he
was six years old, which sparked what he called an "ongoing love" in a
2015 interview about his role in Deadpool. He studied acting at the
Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He speaks Serbian, English,
German and Russian.KapiÄ ić played the role of his own father in the
2015 film Bićemo prvaci sveta (We Will Be the World Champions) about
the Yugoslavian national basketball team which won the 1970 FIBA World
Championship.By 2015, KapiÄ ić had accumulated more than 80 roles in
television, film, and theater. He made it to the second round of a
secret casting process for the X-Man Colossus in the superhero film
Deadpool, learning what the production was only after he passed that
round. Working with first-time director Tim Miller in Los Angeles,
KapiÄ ić did 120 takes during his third call of auditions, stretching
the session an additional eight hours beyond its intended four-hour
duration, before flying back to Dubrovnik, Croatia to perform Romeo
and Juliet. KapiÄ ić, a self-described "comic book geek" who
considered Deadpool one of his favorite characters, was especially
delighted when he learned he won the role, taking over from Daniel
Cudmore, who had played the role in the X-Men films. KapiÄ ić was
selected because Miller wanted his version of Colossus, who is Russian
in the comics, to have a Russian accent. The 6-foot-4 KapiÄ ić
portrayed the 7-and-a-half-foot tall character through a combination
of voice work and motion capture, completing filming in mid-December
2015, eight weeks before the film's February 12, 2016 release date.
December 1, 1978) is a Serbian actor best known for his role of
Colossus in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). He is also member
of Council for the Film Industry of Montenegro.KapiÄ ić was born 1
December 1978 in Cologne, West Germany, the son of Slobodanka "Beba"
Žugić, a Montenegrin actress, and Dragan KapiÄ ić, a retired
Serbian basketball player. His father played for Saturn Köln during
that time. At three years of age the family returned to SFR
Yugoslavia. His grandfather bought him his first comic book when he
was six years old, which sparked what he called an "ongoing love" in a
2015 interview about his role in Deadpool. He studied acting at the
Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He speaks Serbian, English,
German and Russian.KapiÄ ić played the role of his own father in the
2015 film Bićemo prvaci sveta (We Will Be the World Champions) about
the Yugoslavian national basketball team which won the 1970 FIBA World
Championship.By 2015, KapiÄ ić had accumulated more than 80 roles in
television, film, and theater. He made it to the second round of a
secret casting process for the X-Man Colossus in the superhero film
Deadpool, learning what the production was only after he passed that
round. Working with first-time director Tim Miller in Los Angeles,
KapiÄ ić did 120 takes during his third call of auditions, stretching
the session an additional eight hours beyond its intended four-hour
duration, before flying back to Dubrovnik, Croatia to perform Romeo
and Juliet. KapiÄ ić, a self-described "comic book geek" who
considered Deadpool one of his favorite characters, was especially
delighted when he learned he won the role, taking over from Daniel
Cudmore, who had played the role in the X-Men films. KapiÄ ić was
selected because Miller wanted his version of Colossus, who is Russian
in the comics, to have a Russian accent. The 6-foot-4 KapiÄ ić
portrayed the 7-and-a-half-foot tall character through a combination
of voice work and motion capture, completing filming in mid-December
2015, eight weeks before the film's February 12, 2016 release date.
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