“A certain executive I knew at the time kept saying, ‘If they ever make a Deadpool movie, you’re Deadpool,’” Reynolds said. When Reynolds was first approached with the idea of playing Deadpool back in 2005, he had no idea who the character was. “And then finally it ended in a really lovely wedding.” “I liken it to the worst relationship I’ve ever been in: on-again, off-again, occasionally sleeping together, which just causes more pain,” Reynolds said dryly.
DEADPOOL MOVIE TV TROPES MOVIE
That said, Reynolds wouldn’t have minded if the movie had gotten made a little sooner - and with a little less drama along the way. He’s the right character at the right time.” “Since the movie was greenlit, Deadpool’s comic sales have tripled. “You can’t account for timing,” Liefeld said. That couldn’t have happened before the audience had become familiar with comic-book films.”Ĭomic-book artist Rob Liefeld, who created Deadpool, agrees. “I think its greatest strength is flipping the expectations the audience has for this kind of film and making fun of what has been a very self-serious genre. “‘Deadpool’ is very different - it’s not just the R rating or the violence or the tone and humor,” said Tim Miller, who is making his directorial debut with the film after years of working in visual effects. But we made the most of what we had, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. We had what was the equivalent to the cocaine budget for most studio superhero films.