"The producers put pressure to have somebody of the same sex and ethnicity in a position she wasn’t qualified to be in," stunt coordinator Conrad Palmisano told THR. "The stunt coordinators caved to the pressure. All the stunt people could do was take it to their higher-ups. They’re going to follow their chain of command." Palmisano did not work on Deadpool 2, but noted that he'd been in contact with other stunt professionals who witnessed the accident on the set of the movie.