Shawn Levy had a tentative picture of what he was getting into as he decided to direct Deadpool & Wolverine after Ryan Reynolds’ call for the movie. However, there was more to it and Levy said that Reynolds corrupted him with his explicit words that eventually made it into the movie.
Shawn Levy Made A Terrible Mistake While Writing Deadpool & Wolverine
Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Shawn Levy in Deadpool & Wolverine. Image Credit: Marvel Studios
Seemingly for Shawn Levy, it was the best of times and it was the worst of times as the director was clueless as he tried to keep up the pace while writing “filthy” dialogues for the film. Levy explained that they used to have writing seasons where they put their inputs in the script one by one. Recently speaking with On Demand Entertainment, Levy shared that he made one terrible mistake during the session. “I’m going to admit something mortifying,” Levy said.
“When Ryan and I were writing uh we would do writing sessions sometimes we would improvise together and we would write it down but very often one of us would go, ‘give me the laptop, just give me the laptop.’ And we’d sit in silence while one of us wrote something then turn the laptop. Ryan does that one day, turns the laptop and embarrassingly, I said what’s p*gging? And then we went to the internet, that’s mistake number one. That’s mistake number one through 10,” Levy explained.
Horrifying indeed, only a few including Marvel Boss Kevin Feige knew the meaning of the explicit word and that single word was enough to mortify Levy. Screenwriters Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells also joined Levy and Ryan Reynolds to write the movie.
Ryan Reynolds Knew All The Jokes
Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. Image Credit: Marvel Entertainment
No surprise there, most of the “filthy” jokes are perhaps the creation of the Deadpool star. “Oh yeah Ryan wrote the joke Ryan knows all the language,” Levy stressed. “But this Canadian boy didn’t, this Canadian father of four,” he continued.
“So, I am filthy now this movie has corrupted me it has made me filthy I’m unbearable um, and it’s Ryan to blame,” Levy added. Elsewhere in the interview, he alluded to his previous movies that were far too cleaner than Deadpool & Wolverine.
“I’m the director of Cheaper by the Dozen I’m the director of Big Fat Liar and Night at the Museum. I have no business writing jokes about p*gging and other filth and yet I’m never going back. No, I’ve been liberated. Um, but yes I’ve come a long way from my family comedy wholesome beginnings.”
Deadpool & Wolverine is Marvel Studios’ only theatrical slate for the year making the upcoming superhero comedy flick super hyped both for fans and the studio. The trailer and several teasers have already revealed that the movie will be a multiversal extravaganza with several characters appearing in the movie including Lady Deadpool and over ten more Deadpool variants alongside Dafne Keen’s X-23 and a wholesome X-Men characters.
Deadpool & Wolverine is coming to the theaters on July 26.
