Inspiration can come from anywhere in multi-million dollar movies, even from someone who only had a supporting role.
Deadpool and Wolverine are an example of this. Ryan Reynolds' partner Blake Lively may have only played Lady Deadpool in Deadpool Corps for a few minutes on screen, but her contributions to the Marvel film's final act go far beyond that.
As revealed in the Deadpool and Wolverine director's commentary, a note from Lively led to a small amount of reshoots to ensure her ending had the required dramatic effect.
Previously, the climax of the third act involved Deadpool and Wolverine saving the day and destroying the Time Ripper and then immediately being shown to have survived. However, in the modified version, the one we saw in theaters, the audience is unsure of the couple's fate, as Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) spits bile and venom at B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku) in an impassioned speech. Then, with their backs to Iris's 'Goo Goo Dolls', Deadpool and Wolverine return to interrupt Paradox.
“We only did a day and a half of reshoots on the movie, which we're very proud of,” Reynolds said. “These types of movies usually involve weeks of reshoots. But this speech Matthew has is one of the pieces we reshoot. And he's miraculous“.
Director Shawn Levy added: “And you have to give credit where credit is due. It used to be that there was no suspense, that the power room exploded and our heroes had survived. And it was Blake Lively who told us: 'You know , I have been with you this entire movie. I want to feel the fear that they are lost. Let me be in that place of suspense so that the triumph of their survival is more emotional and visceral.
Levy continued, “That was a note from Blake and it really opened up a new way of thinking about this part of the movie and that's why we did this reshoot… and, here, the payoff is much more satisfying.”
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