‘Deadpool’ plays to Ryan Reynolds’ snarky strengths

“I gotta say”, Reynolds joked.

Normally I use the quiz for an actor I really really like, so that would exclude Ryan Reynolds.

And while he starred in X-Men as Deadpool, the role didn’t do him justice. One of the most common things in the world is making out, having a couple of drinks, and then doing it, and then having a baby.

While including characters from the Marvel canon, “Deadpool” isn’t a part of Disney’s Marvel Studios which includes Captain America and Iron Man. The red and black suited hero instead finds himself fighting alongside members of the X-Men, who are also owned by Fox.

But Ryan Reynolds, who plays the smart-mouthed mercenary, got the honor.

“So if you watch the movie, it’s partly me playing it, and then I was just like, ‘I can’t do this, ‘ and then they have another actor [play Deadpool]”.

“‘Deadpool” has blown away fellow adapted comic book and graphic novel titles on social media”, said Shawn Robbins, senior analyst at BoxOffice.com.

To protect his vision for the modestly budgeted special effects movie, Reynolds also served as one of the film’s producers and pushed to have the production shot in his hometown of Vancouver previous year.

The Golden Girls legend declares the comic book movie – which opens in the U.S. today (February 12) are hitting United Kingdom cinemas on Wednesday (February 10) – both “glorious” and “the best picture of the year”. Hollywood shamefully copycats every movie that works – so if this does work, you’ll probably see more rated R films!

If superhero movies are going to continue to dominate the pop-cultural landscape for the foreseeable future (and they are), “Deadpool” is at least refreshing in its willingness to try something new. “Besides, nobody’s getting hurt – that guy was up there before we got here”, Ryan Reynolds said in “Deadpool”. “We’ll see if this holds”.

The film’s plot is told in non-linear fashion as it relies on flashbacks to tell most of its origin story.

But for a film that celebrates being outlandish, Deadpool’s “save the girl, get the bad guy” story becomes a bit conventional by the end.