Some time ago, 20th Century Fox officially put the Deadpool movie on their schedule of the long term moves that are yet to come. It was said that first-time filmmaker Tim Miller would be directing based on the long in-development script by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. But there was something that was missing from all of it. And that was the confirmation of the return of Ryan Reynolds.
After playing the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a lot of people assumed that Ryan Reynolds will be playing the role of Deadpool. But there was no official statement for it. That being said, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld has gone on record saying that there is no other star than Ryan Reynolds to bring the character back to life.
Leifeld was a gust during a panel at this weekend’s Comikaze 2014 expo in Los Angeles. He asked addressed the subject when directly asked if Ryan Reynolds was playing the character or not. According to Comicbook the creator said:
“Ryan is Deadpool. Look, Ryan Reynolds, he’s gone through that same career arc, the guy is ridiculously talented. He has a huge, huge passion for Deadpool. Deadpool’s not happening, because he was a giant star, they said, ‘Ryan, what do you want to do?’ And he said, ‘Deadpool.’ That’s why it happened. They would have no faith otherwise. That movie is because of his passion. He put together the team.”
Going back to see the history of Ryan Reynolds, back in 2010 in the early development phase of the Deadpool movie, Liefeld was not joking around. Ryan literally talked to him every day in that phase. That was the first half of 2010, when movies like the Green Lantern and The Change-Up already released and poisoned his career.
But these movies are no history, and should remain in the past. The new Deadpool movie should be enough to take Ryan Reynolds to a spectacular place in the movie industry.