Okay, okay I know. Shut up, I know! Hes everywhere. Hes in almost every damn comic movie to begin with. I get it. But listen for a second, okay? Ryan Reynolds is the right choice to be the Merc with the Mouth. Dammit, let me finish, okay? The man basically is the Merc with the Mouth hes a fast talking, charming, pop-culture infused guy with muscles. And he just so happens to have a love for a character. Before any of us were talking about a Deadpool movie, he was pushing for it. Before Deadpool became one of Marvels top tier characters, he was scheming with David S. Goyer to make him into a franchise. Unlike pretty much every A-list actor who plays a comic character outside of Hugh Jackman, Reynolds actually has a real and honest passion for the character and wants to see the right movie get made not just see a movie get made. I mean, have you ever seen an interview with Chris Evans talking about Captain America? Or Christian Bale talk Batman? These guys speak about their iconic characters like the first time they ever encountered them was when the script was put on their laps. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds literally has a man-crush on Deadpool which may or may not mean he has a man-crush on himself, Im still working out the kinks in the theory and has admitted he only wants to do the movie if it can be done right. Unlike, you know... Yeah, I know we got that because of him. Reynolds had his chance to be Deadpool, and thats what we got. But, I think everyone who saw Origins would agree the Wade Wilson we got during the films first act in the ambiguous Wakanda-but-not-Wakanda was pretty spot on. Origins may have gotten Deadpool so depressingly wrong, but it happened to somehow get Wade Wilson right. And it got Wade right in large part because of Reynolds. Let me put it this way can you think of anyone else who measures up to Wade Wilson like Reynolds does? Some might be funny, but they arent a funny, ripped action star. Some might be A-listers too, but they dont have comic cred. My friends, before we can move forward we have to face the facts: the Deadpool movie we want to see must have Ryan Reynolds in it. Which means it also must....
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Okay, okay I know. Shut up, I know! Hes everywhere. Hes in almost every damn comic movie to begin with. I get it. But listen for a second, okay? Ryan Reynolds is the right choice to be the Merc with the Mouth. Dammit, let me finish, okay? The man basically is the Merc with the Mouth hes a fast talking, charming, pop-culture infused guy with muscles. And he just so happens to have a love for a character. Before any of us were talking about a Deadpool movie, he was pushing for it. Before Deadpool became one of Marvels top tier characters, he was scheming with David S. Goyer to make him into a franchise. Unlike pretty much every A-list actor who plays a comic character outside of Hugh Jackman, Reynolds actually has a real and honest passion for the character and wants to see the right movie get made not just see a movie get made. I mean, have you ever seen an interview with Chris Evans talking about Captain America? Or Christian Bale talk Batman? These guys speak about their iconic characters like the first time they ever encountered them was when the script was put on their laps. Meanwhile, Ryan Reynolds literally has a man-crush on Deadpool which may or may not mean he has a man-crush on himself, Im still working out the kinks in the theory and has admitted he only wants to do the movie if it can be done right. Unlike, you know... 