Deadpool may not have been made if not for some leaked CGI footage, but director Tim Miller continues to deny being the one who did it.
Deadpool‘s introduction to the MCU is without a doubt one of Marvel Studios’ most highly anticipated projects in the coming years. That’s in large part thanks to the news that Hugh Jackman will be reprising his role as Wolverine alongside Ryan Reynolds’ title character in Deadpool 3but none of this probably wouldn’t have been possible without some leaked test footage of the original film, which many believe prompted Fox to green-light the Merc with the debut of a mouth, which became a huge success in 2016. In a new interview, Deadpool director Tim Miller has denied that he was the one who made that fateful decision to leak the images that essentially gave Deadpool a chance.
While appearing on the Corridor Crew YouTube channel, Miller continued to claim he had nothing to do with the leak, leaving the mystery of who sent it into the world for a while. He explained:
“We did this test, budgeted, made a plan and Fox said, ‘We don’t believe in the movie.’ And then the test leaked. But it was a beautiful thing that happened for all the right reasons. But I wasn’t.” It was one of those things that I think should be kept a secret because a mystery is more interesting than the truth… Well, a whole series of events happened at once Emma Watts realized that R-rated comic book movies were a place where Fox could stand out from the rest of the movies being made there. It was a business opportunity. They could own that segment of the market. Then came Simon Kinberg, who was the gatekeeper of the Marvel stuff at Fox. I think I would have directed it if this hadn’t been leaked? Maybe not. Maybe they would’ve said, “You know what? I think this is a real movie, let’s get Robert Rodriguez in to direct it,” who previously had been attached to Hollywood is none fan of giving budding directors a chance with no experience. Coincidentally, I was lucky.”
Deadpool’s Mystery Savior was one of four people according to Ryan Reynolds.
Movie leaks have been happening for years in Hollywood, sometimes on purpose or sometimes just because these things happen from time to time. When it comes to leaking Deadpool’s CGI test footage, there has never been an exact answer as to who was responsible for releasing the video. However, Ryan Reynolds has previously teased that someone was definitely behind it and that there are really only four possible suspects, including himself. He once said to an interviewer:
“One of us did it. We all said at the beginning, ‘Someone should leak it. Someone should leak it.'”
While Reynolds himself is still seen as the prime suspect in the case of the leak, it seems we’re still not getting a clear answer as to who the culprit was, but there’s no doubt whoever was behind it has already slapped himself. a few years behind. Deadpool makes its MCU debut in Deadpool 3 in 2024.