Ryan Reynolds 'Deadpool' Interview - Actor Talks about the Long Road to Production and Green Lantern

Ryan Reynolds 'Deadpool' Interview 

Actor Talks about the Long Road to Production and 'Green Lantern'

By Alex Burns

Actor Ryan Reynolds is taking on the titular role in 20th Century Fox's upcoming X-Men spin-off movie 'Deadpool' and he's spoken to GQ and provided some pretty interesting insights into the making of the movie and the dominance of the superhero genre at movie theatres right now. The actor was instrumental in getting 'Deadpool' made and since his appearance as Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine Reynolds has been itching to do the character justice in a solo film. 

Reynolds talks about how much it meant to him to be getting the movie made and if he marked the first day of shooting with anything special.

“Yeah! Oh, I made sure we marked it, too,” Reynolds tells GQ. “Like, we just started rolling, and I was like, ‘No, no, hold on.’ We went in the other room and we huddled up: ‘We’re making this movie! We’ve been trying to get this movie made for six f***ing years, and here we are. We’re doing it right now. Just remember this second. Just take a moment to be thankful for that.’ And then we all went out and just started shooting and dicking around and had some fun.”

Reynolds also addressed the differences between 'Deadpool and his experience on the disappointing 'Green Lantern' movie in 2011.

Deadpool was different because there wasn’t a big budget attached to it. There was not a tremendous responsibility to meet some kind of bottom line. Those kinds of superhero movies when you’re out front, there’s a vast and quite frightening budget attached to them. This one had a super-reasonable budget, and it was subversive and a little bit different, and to me a little refreshing in the comic-book world. But you always have trepidation. When you’re out front, you have trepidation.”

 
After Stephen Spielberg predicted superhero movies would "go the way of the western" and fall out of favour with audiences, Reynolds gave his thoughts on the matter plus how 'Deadpool' isn't just another superhero movie.

“It’s a genre. There are good horror movies and bad horror movies. There are good comedies and bad comedies. Think of it like that. Think of it less about just superheroes. I do believe that they explore similar archetypes a lot, so I think that notion can be somewhat fatiguing, maybe. I think one of the reasons that Deadpool has gained a lot of momentum isn’t just that it’s funny or isn’t just that it’s rated R. The meta aspect is very important. So I think Deadpool’s coming along at the right time, because it’s also speaking to that generation and that group of people that have seen them all, seen all these comic-book films and enjoyed them all to varying degrees of success. But I think it’s speaking to them as though the guy in that red suit is one of them, to some degree.”

So what if 'Green Lantern' had been a success?

“I think I would be probably in prep for Green Lantern 3 right now. That sounds about right.”

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"In an effort to cure his cancer, former special forces operative Wade Wilson was subjected to an experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, disfigured skin, and a "dark, twisted" sense of humour. Armed with new abilities and a new identity, Wilson hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life."

Along with Reynolds the film also stars Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Andre Tricoteux, and Leslie Uggams. The film is directed by Tim Miller, with a screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. 'Deadpool' is set for release February 12th 2016