VERY LIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD FOR DEADPOOL
Former Marvel head publisher Stan Lee has spoken to Entertainment Weekly on his hilarious and much talked about cameo in Deadpool which saw the 93 comics industry icon as a DJ in a strip club scene.
About his involvement in the R rated hit film Lee, clearly impressed with the young female talent on set in the strip club scene, lamented his only regret was that “I wish I had spent more time in the strip club”.
Lee also shared his thoughts on the wild success of films based on Marvel properties, and with his usual tongue in cheek style, took his share of the credit:
“If it’s a Marvel movie, I’m there for it. Whenever a new movie comes out, I hope they’ll have a spot for me. I get such a kick out of doing it. The fans seem to like it. I’m going to tell you a secret, here’s the reason the movies make so much money: My cameo. A man takes a girl to the movie, right? They’re watching the movie and they bend down to get some popcorn. In so doing, they miss my cameo. Now the movie ends, and they say, ‘My God, we missed Stan’s cameo!’ So what do they do? They run to the box office and buy two more tickets and see it again. That’s why the movies do so well, because of my cameos.”
In other Stan Lee related news, Vulture have recently ran a piece fairly critical piece about the ageing comics veteran’s legacy, revisiting claims that dispute the level of credit Stan Lee receives for his role in creating iconic characters such as Spiderman and the Fantastic Four, as well as discussing some of his more recent and less well received creative output.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/stan-lees-universe-c-v-r.html#
Lee’s relevance may have waned in recent years, but if his recent press interviews and his Deadpool cameo prove anything, it’s that his eccentric sense of humour is as on point as ever.
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