Don't cout Ryan Reynolds out to reprise his role as Deadpool.
Earlier last year, I quoted a piece basically of Mr. Reynolds and his enthusiasm between his roles as Green Lantern and Deadpool.
http://www.comicvine.com/myvine/jordanstine/ryan-reynolds-rather-be-deadpool-than-green-lantern/87-58778/
If anything, Mr. Reynolds will put up a good fight to play the Deadpool role rather than simply just giving up on the character for someone else to play. I wouldn't even be suprised if Mr. Reynolds turned down some roles down the line in order to film the Deadpool movie he's longed for, since it's a character he's wanted to always play since Blade II (2003) and a character whom he actually has read and been a fan of since the 1990's.
Just reading the above quotes from Mr. Reynolds, you could just hear the passion he has for the Deadpool character, even compared to that of Green Lantern.
Ryan Reynolds on Green Lantern & Deadpool:
"Green Lantern means a lot to me. And admittedly I wasn't as familiar with Green Lantern coming into the project, but as I learned I fell in love with the character. It's such an iconic guy. He's the guy who throws the punch, kisses the girl, and tells a joke. It's like, 'Who wouldn't want to play that?' "
"But Deadpool is something I'm very passionate about and we're still actively working on."
"I read the Deadpool series back in the ‘90’s. But I’m not a huge comic-book reader, per se. I’ll check out Archie when I’m in the grocery line but that’s about it. I really wanted to play Wade, and I really wanted to play Deadpool, and it would kill me to see someone else play them."
"Deadpool is not a superhero movie, its a deconstruction of superhero movies so to come off Green Lantern and have the opportunity to do a movie like Deadpool is great in every way possible. The fourth wall is broken many times in the movie and its important that we do so. I can't emphasise enough how closely the tone of the comic is being followed. But its a nasty piece of work and thats whats important."
Ryan Reynolds on getting the part of Deadpool
Fox Executive, Jeff Katz, on Deadpool's journey to the big screen and Ryan Reynolds' connection to the character, began around the time when plans were being hashed out for "Blade: Trinity". The film was written and directed by David Goyer, and at the time, Katz was serving in a similar capacity for New Line Cinema and "Blade" as he later served for Fox on "Wolverine."
"All the way back to Ryan, Goyer and I on 'Blade: Trinity' 2003, we were trying to put together a deal at New Line for a 'Deadpool' movie," said Katz. "We thought the rights were clear and not part of the 'X-Men' universe, so Ryan could play the character and Goyer could write."
I can’t remember why -- I think they wanted to do a 'Blade' spin-off instead -- but it didn't come together. But Ryan, to his credit, has remained obsessed with the Deadpool character."
Ryan Reynolds on getting the part of Green Lantern
Both Ryan Reynolds and producer Donald De Line admitted that the finalists (including Bradley Cooper and Jared Leto), had to endure two separate screen tests with one important stipulation. “We found out that the studio executives always want to see the guy in the mask,” said De Line, “and Ryan looks really good in the mask.”
“There was a Cinderella element to it,” admitted Reynolds. “We have these things on our industry called a lifecast, and it’s a mold of an actor’s head and you can build a prosthetic around that. You can do anything with that, and obviously, Peter [Sarsgaard] did one for his prosthetics in the film. The effects house that was asked to make the Green Lantern mask had no idea who was auditioning, but they arbitrarily chose my head from the vast catalogue of actors’ heads to build the mask around. When I showed up to the set [for a screen test], my mask fit a little bit better than it did in, the other's auditions."
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