Speaking to Entertainment Weekly,<\/a> Ryan Reynolds discusses how fans may have found him perfect for Deadpool back in the day, but the studio wasn\u2019t sold on a character who, at the time, was still considered a \u201cfringe\u201d on the Marvel comic book landscape.\u00a0<\/p>\n“I’d shot test footage for it a couple years before, and the studio just didn’t want anything to do with it. And Deadpool’s a fringe character. People didn’t really know who he was, and I loved him. I was obsessed with it because I loved that he knew he was in a comic book movie. It was kind of meta, it was kind of new. But the test footage existed, and it really was a case study of how this could work. And they just wouldn’t do anything with it.”<\/p>\n
Reynolds then confirmed what was frankly the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: He himself was the one who leaked the footage in a desperate attempt to get the movie made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSome a\u2013hole leaks it online and I\u2019m like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth. I [was] like, \u2018Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!\u2019 But the internet forced the studio to say, \u2018We\u2019re gonna make this movie.\u2019 Yes, I cheated a little, but I think I was onto something that people would be interested in. And I\u2019m grateful that I listened to that instinct, and I\u2019m grateful that I did the wrong thing in that moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t exactly a bombshell as of the four people who had copies of the footage (the others being Miller and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick), Reynolds had the most clout to get the footage leaked without blowback. He\u2019s also teased he was the one in various interviews over the years, so he\u2019s just confirming it now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fans will no doubt be more than grateful for Reynolds breaking the rules as the video provided Fox with a billion-dollar franchise, established Reynolds as a box office star, and remains among the best superhero movies ever. Reynolds took a big risk and it paid off and that daring is a reason Deadpool rules.<\/p>\n
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