00:00Ryan Reynolds apparently knew he wasn't going to get paid to make the first Deadpool movie
00:04And here's why he decided to make that sacrifice along with a few others
00:09Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor known for his charm quick wit and versatile performances in both comedic and dramatic roles
00:16However, he's maybe best known for his portrayal of the wisecracking anti-hero Deadpool the Deadpool franchise
00:23Which kicked off with Deadpool in 2016 and followed up with Deadpool 2 in 2018
00:28Revitalized Reynolds career and brought a fresh take to the superhero genre
00:32The third film in the franchise Deadpool and Wolverine is hitting theaters on July 26
00:37But Reynolds wasn't always sure the first Deadpool movie would even get made
00:41according to an interview with the New York Times
00:43Reynolds fought for a decade to get the film into production and when it finally was he used his salary to pay his
00:49Co-writers to be on set reflecting on making the first film with such a limited budget Reynolds shared
00:54I think one of the greatest enemies of creativity is too much time and money and that movie had neither time nor money
01:01It really fostered focusing on character over spectacle, which is a little harder to execute in a comic book movie
01:07I was just so invested in every micro detail of it and I hadn't felt like that in a long long time
01:14The first Deadpool was made with a budget of 58 million and went on to gross over
01:20780 million dollars worldwide
01:24You
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