‘Deadpool’ director Tim Miller isn’t a "Hollywood insider".
The filmmaker – who led Ryan Reynolds in his comedic performance of the titular comic book antihero – considers himself a fan of stories and their characters and not like studio bosses who carelessly treat movies as financial "property".
He explained: "I wouldn’t say I’m a Hollywood insider… they take a property and do things to it that you can only do if you don’t understand the property and don’t care about it.
"Personally I fall in love with characters and stories for a reason, and then when you translate them to the big screen, to throw away all of those things that made it great just makes no f**king sense to me. As a studio executive, why would you think that you know better than 20 years of fans’ love for a character?
"I’ve always felt like I have a responsibility to the character and to the lore of the character."
In ‘Deadpool’ Ryan reprised the comic book character he first played in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’.
And Tim thinks the 39-year-old star was the only man fit for the role.
He told SFX: "His DNA is all over the movie. If you are looking at other Hollywood leading men, where are you going to find the combination of athleticism, beauty – he’s an excellent looking man – and comedy that this guy’s got? And the comedy is the clincher. He’s an amazing actor but he’s so f**king funny. His persinality in real likfe is very close to Deadpool in the film. It’s just the kind of guy he is."
Deadpool’s Tim Miller: I’m not a Hollywood insider
