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Tim Millers Deadpool is a massive success, both critically and commercially. The character works so well on screen, its almost shocking to remember that Ryan Reynolds tried to play Wade Wilson in a superhero movie before, only to see it crash and burn. But when I asked Gavin Hood, the director of X-Men: Origins Wolverine the reason why he believes the new Deadpool works better than the version of Deadpool he tried to bring to the screen, his answer was as honest and intelligent as youd hope.
Gavin Hood cast Ryan Reynolds as mercenary for hire Wade Wilson in the ill-fated X-Men: Origins: Wolverine. If you saw the new Deadpool movie, you caught a lot of the jokes aimed at the mistaken version of Deadpool that was presented in Wolverine. But Hood knows why this version works better the character finally was allowed to be himself! Hood told me:
The production of X-Men: Origins Wolverine was notoriously difficult, with a writers strike preventing proper changes to the script when it was decided to expand beyond a proper Wolverine origin story. Ryan Reynolds, a devout Deadpool fan, was asked to play a version of the character who didnt fit the anti-heros origins. As you may recall, they sewed his mouth shut.
More than anything, in discussing this new Deadpool versus the Deadpool he was asked to make, Gavin Hood just seemed happy for Ryan Reynolds, that the actor finally was able to bring the right version of the character to the screen. He told me:
Credit: Cinema Blend
Short version: Hollywood wasnt ready for the real Deadpool back in 2009.
Gavin Hood cast Ryan Reynolds as mercenary for hire Wade Wilson in the ill-fated X-Men: Origins: Wolverine. If you saw the new Deadpool movie, you caught a lot of the jokes aimed at the mistaken version of Deadpool that was presented in Wolverine. But Hood knows why this version works better the character finally was allowed to be himself! Hood told me:
I think the character works so well now, because the character is allowed to be who the character really is, unencumbered by, you know, PG-13 requirements and a great deal of marketing debate. I think the fact that the filmmakers kind of made that film below the radar -- and I happen to know a little bit, only because my production designer from Enders Game, Sean Haworth, is a fantastic designer, was the designer on Deadpool. I remember when he was making the film, it was just a little bit more below the radar initially. And more credit to the filmmakers and to Ryan, that they took control of their character and got on and let Ryan do the film. Deadpool is a motor mouth, foul mouth character, and its very difficult with these big movies to, when you have to work within certain parameters that are set by, by
Studio heads?
Thank you. Thank you.
The production of X-Men: Origins Wolverine was notoriously difficult, with a writers strike preventing proper changes to the script when it was decided to expand beyond a proper Wolverine origin story. Ryan Reynolds, a devout Deadpool fan, was asked to play a version of the character who didnt fit the anti-heros origins. As you may recall, they sewed his mouth shut.
More than anything, in discussing this new Deadpool versus the Deadpool he was asked to make, Gavin Hood just seemed happy for Ryan Reynolds, that the actor finally was able to bring the right version of the character to the screen. He told me:
I think Ryan is fantastic and I think Sean, again, who I worked with on Enders Game, as a production design job Im so thrilled for him, because theres a huge talent and Ryan is a huge talent and he has been able to just bring out his essence as an actor in a role that he really loved.
You know, when he did the little cameo bit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, it was exactly what weve been talking about. It was the studio attempting to plug in a few characters and test the waters. But now he gets to make his own movie and he did it with great courage and with the full force of his personality, so he deserves every success. I think hes done really well, and I think its fantastic that they had the courage to just go ahead and make the film. They had to make it R rated, but can you imagine if they were trying for PG-13? I just dont think it would have worked. Which is not to say that other films shouldnt be PG-13. Of course you want that huge audience. But youve got to be very careful that youre not torturing the material to fit a particular marketing strategy, and thats what they didnt do with Deadpool. They just made the film the way it needed to be made, I think.
Credit: Cinema Blend
Short version: Hollywood wasnt ready for the real Deadpool back in 2009.