By Chris Snellgrove | Published
In the extremely successful Deadpool and Wolverine There’s a funny running gag in the film where the Merc with a Mouth teases Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine character that he’ll be appearing in Disney’s Marvel films until the actor playing him is 90 years old. Given this enthusiasm for half of the titular characters, many fans assumed we’d be getting many more movies starring everyone’s favorite WHAM-loving hero.
However, Ryan Reynolds recently announced that he has no plans to make any more Deadpool films. While most fans are saddened by this statement, the actor is making the best choice for himself and Marvel.
Why Ryan Reynolds is quitting Deadpool
What’s the context for this surprising explanation behind Disney’s newest golden boy? Ryan Reynolds was recently interviewed by Sony-Marvel alum Andrew Garfield, and they started talking about the prospect of making more Deadpool films.
To everyone’s surprise, Reynolds expressed doubts about the idea of making a fourth Deadpool movie for several reasons, including that he wants to spend more time with his family and Deadpool works well when there are “scarcity and surprises.” This means he believes there should be a long wait between films (like the six year wait in between). Deadpool 2 And Deadpool and Wolverine).
Interestingly, Ryan Reynolds seemed to throw some weird shade at Disney when discussing his willingness to make more Deadpool films. For example, the comment about the character needing “succinctness and surprise” seems to indicate that the House of Mouse likes to lock actors into decades-long contracts and release as much content as possible. He also claimed that he succeeded Deadpool and Wolverine to be “a complete experience rather than a commercial for another,” which seems to highlight Disney’s tendency to make otherwise exciting shows and films seem like launching pads for the next big thing.
While Ryan Reynolds didn’t completely rule out starring in another solo Deadpool movie, he did offer some great insight while poking fun at Disney. He pointed out that his character was “much more of a supporting character than a main character” and that Deadpool worked better as an “outsider” than as a hero. For this reason, he said that he would be more excited about being a supporting character in another hero’s film, pointing out that he would most like to play the “fifth banana” in a Gambit film with Channing Tatum.
Respect Ryan Reynolds as an artist, he is right about everything
The more I heard Ryan Reynolds describe why he doesn’t necessarily want to do more Deadpool solo films, the more I respected him as an artist. He’s absolutely right that his character’s films feel special because we have to wait a long time between each entry, and even the biggest Marvel fans have to admit that those in charge crank out as many bad Deadpool performances as possible when the opportunity arises would to try to sell them toys and Disney+ subscriptions.
Incidentally, Reynolds could do like Robert Downey Jr. and keep coming back for bigger and bigger paychecks, but he makes an admirable decision to essentially forego easy money in order to maintain the integrity of his character. Obviously, the Deadpool actor isn’t short on money, but it’s an open secret in Hollywood that being an MCU actor is an easy way to land one high-paying gig after another. I can’t help but admire that the actor seems willing to back down for artistic reasons, just when he’s in a position to get Disney to flat out write him a series of outsized checks.
Finally, for all the love Ryan Reynolds obviously has for Deadpool, I’m glad he was able to put his ego aside and realize that his character could be used much better as a sidekick than a main character. The Merc with the Mouth is a bit like Hulk in this respect: a character whose individual stories don’t always work (some of these Deadpool comics do). roughy’all) but whose extreme personality is fun for other characters to bounce off of. That’s the real secret behind it Deadpool and WolverineThe success. Essentially, it’s an X-Men movie where Deadpool becomes a hilarious fish out of water.
Ryan Reynolds is right: We don’t need more Deadpool solo films. We need him to be a secret sauce sidekick appearing in future MCU adventures. How great would it be for him to finally interact or steal scenes with Spider-Man on screen Avengers: End of the World? The fact that the actor behind the iconic character agrees that he should be a vulgar supporting character instead of endlessly playing a leading man does something I no longer thought possible: it gives me hope for the future of Marvel cinema .