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After watching only a few seconds into Deadpool’s red-band trailer, it’s not hard to see how different the movie is from the rest of the superhero squad. The violence, the adult language and enough pop culture references to make the Gilmore Girls spit their coffee out.
But Deadpool’s one of a kind characteristics in the superhero genre, and its awareness of where it stands in the movie world, are precisely what helps establish a connection with audiences, at least according to star Ryan Reynolds.
Speaking with GQ, Reynolds discussed his upcoming turn as the merc with a mouth and why it’s not just the foul humor that has fans excited.
In an interview with GQ, Reynolds speaks on his upcoming Deadpool role and why it’s not just adult humour that has fans highly anticipating the flick.
“The meta aspect is very important,” Reynolds told GQ. “So I think Deadpool’s coming along at the right time, because it’s also speaking to that generation and that group of people that have seen them all, seen all these comic-book films and enjoyed them all to varying degrees of success. But I think it’s speaking to them as though the guy in that red suit is one of them, to some degree.”
“It’s fun,” he continued. “That’s also why the film is budgeted the way it’s budgeted, is released the way it’s released, is allowed to be rated R, kind of all these things. Because for the studio, it’s actually relatively low-risk.”
Reynolds also dished on whether he wishes Green Lantern had become more of a franchise in light of the Deadpool trailer’s not so subtle joke about Reynolds’ previous superhero role.
“I mean, I don’t give a rusty f—, because — I know that this is gonna sound like some sort of guy who’s spent a little bit of time in a monastery or something, but it all led to here,” he said. “If I had to do it all again, I’d do the exact same thing.”
Deadpool is set to hit cinemas on Feb. 12, 2016.