Reynolds had many ideas
Before settling on having the third Deadpool movie be a team-up with Deadpool and Wolverine, Reynolds said he pitched Marvel boss Kevin Feige on about 18 different ideas. One was “a Rashomon story that had these three different points of view,” he said.
Perhaps the most out-there concept was to make a low-budget indie-style film for only $6 million and with no special effects.
“It was just a talkie-talkie road trip with me and [Karan Soni’s character] Dopinder and some of the things we collected and saw along the way. It wasn’t meant to be an event movie. If we’re on our way to Point C, it was meant to just get us to Point B. That was the weirdest one. I liked it. I thought it was kind of fun,” Reynolds said.
In a previous interview, Reynolds said he also pitched “bigger” ideas and concepts that fell between small- and large-scale.
Executive producer Wendy Jacobson said the creative team took its time coming up with the best idea, and once Hugh Jackman signed on to come back as Wolverine, the process took off.
“We definitely spun our wheels a little bit trying to find the reason for this movie to be,” Jacobson said. “Once Hugh raised his hand, two months later we were prepping. It was honestly one of the fastest turnarounds I’ve ever seen.”