10 Best Ryan Reynolds Performances
3. Wade Wilson/Deadpool - Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool is the quintessential Ryan Reynolds movie, offering audiences the chance to see the actor uncaged and unrelenting. Deadpool was a long time in the making, and thanks to X-Men Origins: Wolverine's assassination of the character, it almost never came to be. But thanks to Reynolds' passion for the role, it eventually hit our screens and lived up to the hype.
Reynolds perfectly captures the energy and humour of the character. Never has he been more hyperactive, explosive and unabashedly profane as he is in this action-comedy. It's fair to say the film wouldn't have worked without him, and that he was simply born to become the Merc with a Mouth.
The joy of his performance is his ability to make Deadpool a likeable character, despite his vulgar humour and thirst for violence. Wade Wilson is a guy who didn't deserve what became of him, and Reynolds makes him both sympathetic and gleefully hilarious as he seeks vengeance from those who wronged him.
He could star in a dozen films as the character, and fans are likely to never get bored.