It has fallen into the realm of movie legend. 20th Century Fox was hesitant to greenlight an R-rated, more comic-accurate Deadpool movie<\/a> with Ryan Reynolds given how poorly X-Men Origins: Wolverine turned out. In order to illustrate the tone and level of violence the makers were after, director Tim Miller produced a short bit of CG test footage for what would eventually be the iconic overpass\/car fight. Reynolds provided the voice. That footage ended up online and became a fan-favorite. That excitement ultimately led to Fox greenlighting the movie. But what nobody knew is who was responsible for leaking the test footage. Now we know; it was Reynolds himself.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Youtube Video<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n play button<\/p>\n At the Toronto International Film Festival, Reynolds finally copped to leaking the Deadpool footage to get fans hyped, thus proving the idea had legs. From EW<\/a>: \u201cYes, I cheated a little, but I think I was onto something that people would be interested in,\u201d Reynolds said in a conversation with moderator Anita Lee. \u201cAnd I\u2019m grateful that I listened to that instinct, and I\u2019m grateful that I did the wrong thing in that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSome a\u2013hole leaks it online and I\u2019m like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law! But the internet forced the studio to say, We\u2019re gonna make this movie. And 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.\u201d<\/p>\n 20th Century Studios<\/p>\n The eventual 2016 movie, with a budget of a relatively small $58 million, made over $780 million worldwide. That\u2019s a pretty darn good return on investment for anybody. Deadpool as played by Reynolds became one of the most popular of the cinematic superheroes and remains so. Deadpool 2 in 2018 made just over $785 million, though it had a $110 budget. But the real big winner was last year\u2019s Deadpool & Wolverine<\/a> which cost $200 million but raked in $1.338 billion. Who thought R-rated superhero movies wouldn\u2019t work?<\/p>\n Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus<\/a>. You can find his film and TV reviews here<\/a>. Follow him on Letterboxd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has fallen into the realm of movie legend. 20th Century Fox was hesitant to greenlight an R-rated, more comic-accurate Deadpool movie with Ryan Reynolds given how poorly X-Men Origins: Wolverine turned out. 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