Ryan Reynolds talked to
Latino Review about his character Deadpool.
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Will we care about your character Deadpool?
Reynolds: You know, I think you will.
Because he's kind of a good guy, bad guy...
Reynolds: Ya, he walks the line. Ya, I think you will actually care about him. You'll be curious about him. You'll be curious beyond the film, you'll be curious about him. I play Wade Wilson and I play Deadpool, and the character I play as Deadpool, I personally, Fox may differ from me, but I personally don't consider him as Deadpool, I consider him to be what Deadpool becomes. Or the thing Deadpool came from. It doesn't carry on past that.
There's talk, because Deadpool is so popular, that Fox might want to do a spin-off. Would you be interested in that?
Reynolds: Ya, I love the character. I've always loved the character. I remember reading one of the Deadpool comic books, and somebody asked Deadpool what he looks like. And he said he looks like a cross between a Shar-Pei and Ryan Reynolds. And I was like, I really, really wanna play this guy at some point. I thought it was pretty cool. It's a guy that knows he's in a comic book. How hard is it to shoot that properly? That's not something they put in Wolverine nor would it belong in that universe.
You're probably not going to answer this but, do you wear the mask at all in the film? Is the costume even a part...?
Reynolds: I'm not gonna answer that. [I knew he wouldn't, but had to try. -Ed.]
Fred Topel then chimes in: Did you do additional shooting to have more Deadpool in the movie?
A lot of people thought that, but when they approached me to play Deadpool, I was committed to doing two other movies. A movie called Paper Man, which was a small independent movie in New York City. And they were shooting Wolverine in Australia, so that made things a little bit difficult. And The Proposal, so I had a full plate already. So the idea was to shoot the Deadpool stuff after principal photography had finished. So in effect, they weren't really reshoots, they were just additional shots. Scenes we needed to pick up. They didn't add really anything beyond the script.
How is it compared to having done a comic book movie like Blade?
Reynolds: Like night and day. I mean, I won't really get into it, but the Blade set was extraordinarily dysfunctional. So, to work on a movie like Wolverine, was incredible. Hugh Jackman is as classy as he is talented. You have all of these enormous personalities in one room, yet everybody was really amazingly chummy. Egos were checked at the door I guess, but I haven't been on a set that harmonious in a long time.
Eric from AICN then asked: The reason he wears the mask, is that part of the film?
Reynolds: Ya, ya. Well, it's an origin story, so again I don't consider myself playing Deadpool. I'm the thing that will eventually become Deadpool. But ya, he's scarred up. You're gonna see the scars. That's all in there.