Ryan Reynolds is interested in whether or not an R-rated Star Wars venture can be profitable. The actor from Deadpool & Wolverine, itself an R-rated film that became a big box office hit, expressed his opinion while appearing on a new installment of The Box Office podcast. He did not express much enthusiasm in acting in such a venture if made but will certainly be willing to produce it.
Proposal for an R-Rated Star Wars Project
Ryan said, “I pitched to Disney, I said, ‘Why don’t we do an R-rated Star Wars property? It doesn’t have to be overt, A+ characters. There’s a wide range of characters you could use.’ And I don’t mean R-rated to be vulgar. R-rated as a Trojan horse for emotion. I always wonder why studios don’t want to just gamble on something like that.”
He went on to add, “I’m not saying I want to be in it. That would be a bad fit. I’d want to produce and write or be a part of behind the scenes. Those kinds of IP subsist really well on scarcity and surprise. We don’t get scarcity really with ‘Star Wars’ because of Disney+, but you can certainly still surprise people.”
Recent Film of Ryan Reynolds: Deadpool & Wolverine
The last film of Ryan was Deadpool & Wolverine, which was released in July 2024. Deadpool & Wolverine united Marvel’s best superheroes, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman. The film was directed by Shawn Levy. With the film, Hugh emerged from his permanent retirement of Wolverine.
For the Star Wars enthusiasts, the next in pipeline is The Mandalorian and Grogu. The movie, which is directed by Jon Favreau and co-penned by Favreau and Dave Filoni, features Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian. It is set to be released next year in May.
