Did you ever consider Wade’s history with Syrin or Cable?
RR: Yes, absolutely. I think those are characters who are near and dear to Deadpool fan’s hearts and characters we would like to explore down the line if we’re so fortunate to have sequels. Cable is one that we will absolutely visit if we’re allowed to keep moving forward with multiple movies. We’ve always wanted to honour the fans first, so the fan’s favourite characters, that mean a lot to them, we will take a long, hard look at moving forward.
You mentioned a sequel, to follow on from that, there have been rumours that it’s to take Fantastic Four’s release date next year and I was wondering if you can shed any light on that and whether it’s a project you’re both involved in?
RR: We hope that it doesn’t take Fantastic Four’s release date because that’s awfully, awfully soon! We like to take our time, we’re lazy screenwriters.
PW: We took six and a half years to make Deadpool, because it actually took us six and a half years to write it.
RR: Look, that’s entirely above our heads, but we’ll write the very best screenplay we can write if we’re fortunate enough to get that sequel, and we’ll write it as quickly as they tell us we need to write it. When they say jump, we say how high.
Ryan Reynolds have been speaking about X-Force as well as something he wants to get off the ground – is that another aspect of the Deadpool franchise you’d also be up for getting on board with?
PW: Absolutely. Getting in to more of an ensemble piece is something we would cherish. X-Force is beloved and we love it, and Deadpool is centric to that world, and we’d love to bring an X-Force movie into the X Universe.
Finally, if you could choose any character, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a character for Deadpool to team-up with – who would it be?
RR: We can’t, but that’s a rights issue because Fox only have the rights to Fantastic Four and X-Men, but I would love to see the Hulk against Deadpool, because it would be really fun to see Deadpool having to use his agility and his silliness and skills to overcome just brute force. Maybe we can figure out another way to do that with another character in the X-Men universe, but I would love to see him square up against the Hulk, it would be hilarious.
PW: I’m saying Cable.