Ryan Reynolds Reflects on the Lessons He Learned From Making ‘Deadpool’
While Deadpool & Wolverine is trending towards a record-breaking opening weekend, once upon a time, the idea that Deadpool could dominate popular culture seemed like a pipe dream.
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In fact, Ryan Reynolds spent a decade trying to get Deadpool in production before 20th Century Fox finally greenlit the film. When the production finally began, the first Deadpool film was made with a $58 million budget.
Ryan Reynolds Reflects
In a recent interview with The New York Times, Ryan Reynolds reflected on making the first Deadpool movie and revealed that he paid for his fellow co-writers to be on set out of his own pocket.
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“No part of me was thinking when ‘Deadpool’ was finally greenlit that this would be a success,” Reynolds said. “I even let go of getting paid to do the movie just to put it back on the screen: They wouldn’t allow my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set, so I took the little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could form a de facto writers room.”
A Lesson in Creativity
Deadpool would eventually gross $782 million on a shoestring budget. According to Reynolds, however, the production had everything it needed.
Deadpool & Wolverine is trending towards a massive opening. Photo: Marvel
“It was a lesson in a couple of senses,” Reynolds continued. “I think one of the great enemies of creativity is too much time and money, and that movie had neither time nor money. It really fostered focusing on character over spectacle, which is a little harder to execute in a comic-book movie. I was just so invested in every micro-detail of it and I hadn’t felt like that in a long, long time. I remembered wanting to feel that more — not just on ‘Deadpool,’ but on anything.”
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Kept Its Budget in Check
While the budget for Deadpool & Wolverine has yet to become public, according to director Shawn Levy, the film continued the franchise’s frugal approach to filmmaking.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’. Photo: Marvel
“Certain stars or directors get some swagger from how big a budget they got from the studio. We want to make the movie for what it needs and not a penny more.”
Deadpool & Wolverine will hit theaters on July 26.
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