Ryan Reynolds shares why he chose not to ‘get paid’ for Deadpool
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Ryan Reynolds shares why he chose not to ‘get paid’ for Deadpool

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ryan Reynolds has revealed he sacrificed his Deadpool salary in order to get the first film in the superhero franchise made. Reynolds, who spent over a decade trying to get Deadpool made, has admitted that in order to get the film through production with 20th Century Fox, he personally paid for his writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to be on set, leaving him without a salary. “They wouldn’t allow my co-writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick on set, so I took the little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could form a de facto writers room.” Reynolds admitted the process of making Deadpool had been “a lesson in a couple of senses” about working with minimal resources. It really fostered focusing on character over spectacle, which is a little harder to execute in a comic-book movie.” Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ “I was just so invested in every micro-detail of it and I hadn’t felt like that in a long, long time,” the star continued.

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