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Variety's Playback Podcast - Rob Liefeld on Deadpool 2 and the Superhero Movie Landscape
Ill jump on the sword. I dont really work in the movie business, so Ive always been able to navigate and speak freely. The answer is two words: Tom Rothman, Liefeld says. He is now the [chairman] of Sony. I wish him well. Hes a canny operator in the business. But when he gets it in his mind to dismiss something nothing seemed to push him over the edge. I thought for sure [he would be on board] when he saw how good Deadpool looked and moved [in the test footage], but for whatever reason, we had an opponent to the film.
Ultimately it was Guardians of the Galaxy that pushed the movie to a green light, courtesy of former Fox chief Jim Gianopulos. I cried like a baby, Liefeld says of when he first heard the news. And it wasnt just for me. It was for Tim [Miller] and Ryan [Reynolds] and Rhett [Reese]. The script you saw in 2016 was written in 2010.
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This might be the most fun and fan-generous comicbook movie yet. It had many elements that I had hoped the first one would have had(still loved it). Never a dull moment on this film. This totally felt to me like the comedic superhero movie that someone like John Landis, Harold Ramis, or Ivan Reitman could have made if the superhero genre would have already been this big back in the day. 