Ryan Reynolds Comments on Tim Miller’s Deadpool 2 Departure
Ryan Reynolds had gotten his wish when he finally got to make the Deadpool movie he wanted for 20th Century Fox. Outside of being one of the highest grossing movies of the year, it really set a different standard for what comic book movies could be. However, with the sequel, there’s already rocky roads ahead because creative differences led to the departure of director Tim Miller. Reynolds recently chatted with GQ on the subject.
He stated, “All I can really add is that I’m sad to see him off the film. Tim’s brilliant and nobody worked harder on Deadpool than he did.”
He also talked about how it was because of Miller and his teamwork that Deadpool got made in the first place. Reynolds added:
“Making the movie was very, very difficult. It was the most passionate group of individuals I’ve ever worked with in my life. And for whatever reason, that mercurial crazy burgoo of people is what made this thing work so well, not just because I had this vision and I saw it this way and it had to be this way. It worked because we all had that feeling. But there were vaguely scary fights in the post-production process that escalated quickly. Luckily, everybody’s grown up and at the end of the day enjoys and loves each other. I know when I need to exert control, and I know when I need to let go of it. I’m not gonna go and sit with Tim Miller and say, ‘The visual effects of Deadpool need to be done this way.’ The man is a visual-effects wizard. But there are character and tone things that I know really well. And I’ve also been with this thing the longest out of anybody, aside from the guys that wrote the comics. Eleven years I’ve been trying to get this Sisyphus rock up the hill, and it kept rolling back on top of me. So I’m gonna be all over it from the moment it starts to the moment it finishes.”
Deadpool 2 does not yet have an official release date. The film was slated to start filming early next year for a 2018 release.