Early next year Fox is going in a slightly different direction with the X-Men franchise, by giving the wise-cracking Deadpool his own movie. During the years it’s been in development many have worried whether the movie would retain the violence, sarcasm and wit of the comics, as well as having Deadpool breaking the fourth wall.
While actor Ryan Reynolds has promised it will still as closely to the tone of the page as possible (which has been borne out by the trailer), one thing that wasn’t clear was how they would deal with Deadpool’s sexuality.
The character’s fluid sexuality has been something that the comic’s writers have been keen on, such as co-creator Fabian Nicieza previously saying, “Deadpool is whatever sexual inclination his brain tells him he is in THAT moment. And then the moment passes. Not trying to be dismissive, but readers always want to ‘make a character their own’ and often that is to the exclusion of what the character might mean to other fans. I’ve been dogged with the DP sexuality questions for YEARS. It is a bit tiring. He is NO sex and ALL sexes. He is yours and everyone else’s. So not dismissive, but rather the epitome of inclusive.”
Now those involved with the film have weighed on what the big screen take will be, with director Tim Miller telling Collider, “Pansexual! I want that quoted. Pansexual Deadpool.”
Ryan Reynolds meanwhile adds, “There is some sexuality in this movie for sure. You kinda think you have moments when you’re shooting where you think, ‘This is, uh, a little excessive. This is a comic book movie. Are we gonna get away with this?’ But so far so good.”
Hopefully this will be something that comes through on the screen and isn’t just one of those things that the filmmakers say is true, but there’s little evidence on the screen. We’ll be able to tell when the movie is released early next year.
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