Ryan Reynolds says there are parallels between Deadpool and Logan, but thinks the latter might be the best comic book movie ever made
Jun. 18, 2024Exclusive: Deadpool & Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds has a lot of love for his co-star’s previous movie Logan
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While their team-up may be around the corner inDeadpool & Wolverine, star Ryan Reynolds thinks that Wade Wilson and Wolverine have always been connected.
“The movies were quite congruent with each other at that point,” Reynolds tells us inthe new issue, out on June 20. “Deadpool was different, and then right after Logan was potentially the greatest comic-book adaptation ever made.”
Reynolds’ high praise for James Mangold’s darker take on the Wolverine character is shared by many, with it being one of the most critically acclaimed superhero movies of all time. However, Jackman admits he had no idea that his time playing the adamantium clawed mutant would be as lengthy as it’s been, especially after some early feedback he received.
His debut in 2000’s X-Men came with markedly lower expectations. “We were on the low-tide version of that genre,” Jackman recalls. “It’d gone way up with the Batman movies and fizzled out. But when the X-Men came in, people felt like it represented the source material about giving voice to the marginalized.”
Following its release, Jackman’s star was launched into the stratosphere, but according to the actor, “Actually, a couple of people in the industry with their ear to the ground told me, ‘Keep auditioning because this thing is dead in the water.'”
Thankfully, they were very wrong, and 24 years later, Jackman is back playing the mutant once again in Deadpool & Wolverine. As for the synopsis for the new movie, Marvel has been playing its cards pretty close to its chest, butfrom the trailers seen so far, it seems like Deadpool will find himself pulled into theTVA’s orbit for some multiversal shenanigans early doors. From there, he’ll meetwith a variant of Wolverineto try and defeat a common enemy. A typical Tuesday then…
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Deadpool & Wolverine is released on July 25 in the UK and July 26 in the US. For more on the movie, check out our collection of exclusive pictures from Deadpool 3, what director Shawn Levy thinks about the state of the MCU, and why he wants Deadpool and Spider-Man to team up.
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I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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