Ryan Reynolds is the X-Men Origins: Wolverine actor who plays merc with a mouth (make that Merc without a mouth) Wade Wilson aka Deadpool in the forthcoming superhero movie. He admits one of the main reasons he starred in it was because it is so bloody.
He said: "You're not going to see Kill Bill-style blood geysering up from severed heads! But I think you're going to see a kind of violence that's a little more brutal, rugged and ugly. Which is one of the things I liked about it."
Reynolds did all his own stunts in the movie. So basically he had to learn swordsmanship, and martial arts before filming, he expresses his hopes that audiences will be impressed with his new skills.
"I trained for months to master the sword work, so he's obviously a master swordsman but he's also an accomplished fighter. There's martial arts, weaponry, everything. He's a guy you don't want to mess with."
"This character is like a surgeon. I've got to be so good with these swords that I put people's jaws on the floor."
Ryan is a huge fan of the comic his character is based upon, and revealed reading the picture-based stories actually gave him one of the happiest moments of his life.
"I remember when I was younger, I found one that I was actually mentioned in. Deadpool said that he looks a lot like a Shar-Pei crossed with Ryan Reynolds. I thought that was just the coolest thing that had ever happened."
About The Author:
An aspiring writer. Currently studying for a creative writing degree.