Ryan Reynolds Keen To Play Deadpool In Spinoff Movie
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
There’s talk about a possible X-Men Origins: Wolverine spin off movie for Deadpool, one of Marvel’s most popular characters. Ryan Reynolds, who plays Wade Wilson in Wolverine (the guy who eventually becomes Deadpool), has told a press junket that he “really, really” wants to play the guy.
From Latino Review:
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.
Reynolds also fields (and ignores) questions about Deadpool’s costume as it will be portrayed in the film, and provides an interesting comparison between the professionalism of Blade: Trinity (in which he played Hannibal King) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Read the full interview here.
