Rob Liefeld says there is no other choice for the role of Deadpool because Reynolds was the one pulling the strings together.
- Nov 3, 2014
AceShowbiz - Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Comics have put a date on "Deadpool" movie but the question remains whether Ryan Reynolds will reprise his role. At the Comikaze 2014 held over the weekend, comic creator Rob Liefeld said the standalone movie would not happen if it were not for Reynolds.
"Ryan is Deadpool," Liefeld said. "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."
Liefeld also talked the possibility of Cable appearing in the spin-off movie. "Following 'Wolverine' 2009, the Donners called me into their office and said, 'Rob, we want to meet and talk to you about Deadpool, since we're spinning it off. We know we made some missteps, and we want to get it right.' So I sat there with a bunch of producers, and we sat for several hours, and we talked about different ideas. And I tried to steer them in directions I think," he said.
Liefeld continued, "For instance, I'll tell you, first question they said, 'Rob, does Cable need to be in the Deadpool movie?' And I said, 'No, Deadpool deserves his own function and Cable should come in in his own movie.' And they were like, 'Ok, because we were thinking about...' And I was like, 'No, you can do them both separately. They don't need to be in the same movie.' Look, we had a long talk, we had some ideas, I can't share them, some of them made it across the finish line."
On a more assertive note, Liefeld said of Cable, "Cable is awesome. And he will ...when he appears on screen, we're all going to nerdgasm, because he's coming. They can't hold him back. He's coming."
"Deadpool" is in development for a February 12, 2016 release.
