Everyone's favorite R-rated hero, Deadpool, is finally joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe but that doesn't mean he will be toned down or made to behave. Recently, Ryan Reynolds and Kevin Feige talked about bringing Deadpool to the MCU including that MPAA rating and what this film means for the future.
Bringing Deadpool to the MCU: Kevin Feige & Ryan Reynolds Talk Mutant Era
When the Fox and Disney merger happened, Ryan wasn't too worried about what would happen to Deadpool and it was more about finding the right people and idea to bring back the Merc with a mouth.
Ryan: I had no expectations. I built a career on really having as few expectations as possible, you know, and it really does prevent crippling disappointment. (Laughs) I met with Kevin and we had a really great meeting. This is five years ago? Six years ago? It was a very slow process. It wasn't so much about pitching different ideas, which I did, pitch many different ideas. But it was about pitching an idea that both of us genuinely clicked with.
Shawn and I were shooting Adam Project in Vancouver, and I kind of said to him, “Look the only way I think I would do this is if I was not just writing this with you, and of course Rhett, Paul, and Zeb, but if you direct it.” And then Shawn just basically took his white glove off and slapped the side of my face with it, like some sort of 20s harlot and said, my glove to your damned insolent cheek child. And then, for some reason, after that, said yes, and we've been on this insane, wonderful journey ever since.
And of course, none of this came to reality until Mr. Hugh Jackman decided one day to levitate down from the clouds or whatever sort of Heaven nest he lives in and bless us with his presence on this film.
Deadpool and Wolverine is the first R rated film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That doesn't mean every movie will be but it also was never a question when it came to Deadpool.
Kevin: Is every movie gonna be R rated after this? Of course not, but I hope every movie after this embraces its tonality the way Deadpool does, in a way this team was able to do on Deadpool and Wolverine.
Ryan: The story would be so fun if it was us against them. They [Marvel Studios] were incredible partners from the get go, partly because I think Shawn and I also like to make movies responsibly. We like to kind of hold ourselves to account and self govern as much as possible. But also, they understood what this was from the beginning and there was nothing that felt like it was off limits. We also understand how to not exploit an R rating or just use it to be, you know, jackasses.
What does Deadpool and Wolverine mean for the MCU other than the rating? Something that Kevin Feige and fans have been waiting on for decades…
Kevin: Now that we have the characters from the X-Men world and the mutants that we haven't had access to before, I think this is the beginning of that and everything post Deadpool and Wolverine will be the mutant era coming into the MCU.
Deadpool and Wolverine releases in theaters July 26. It is rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, gore and sexual references with a runtime of 2 hours and 7 minutes.
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