Ryan Reynolds Reveals Deadpool 3 Was Originally Planned As Low-Budget Road Movie

As Deadpool & Wolverine approaches its theatrical release, Ryan Reynolds reflected on the origins of Shawn Levy's titular film. In a latest interview, Ryan said that the Deadpool 3 original premise was a short road movie with a low $5 million budget.

"Literally, it was a $5 or $6 million budget with no special effects. It was just a talkie-talkie road trip with me and Dopinder (Karan Soni's driver character) and some of the things we collected and saw along the way. It wasn’t meant to be an event movie. If we’re on our way to Point C, it was meant to just get us to Point B. That was the weirdest one. I liked it. I thought it was kind of fun," Ryan shared recently.

Deadpool was first played by Ryan Reynolds in Tim Miller's 2016 film of the same name. In 2018, he released David Leitch's Deadpool 2, the sequel to the original. However, Disney eventually acquired 21st Century Fox, jeopardising Deadpool 3's future release. Ryan also disclosed, "I didn’t know if I’d ever be playing Deadpool again. It’s not something I would’ve said necessarily publicly, but I didn’t know how a character like that would fit into that world (MCU)."

Deadpool 3 turned out to be the largest edition in the franchise, with Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine. Marvel's first R-rated movie is more than ready to set a trend, unlike others by creating and breaking records unknown.