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03Jul2009

Ryan Reynolds on 'Deadpool' and 'Buried'

DateFriday, July 3, 2009 at 4:18PM
There are a couple interesting developments on the Ryan Reynolds front. Having appeared in two number one movies this summer has and will continue to lead to bigger and hopefully better things. Wolverine begat Deadpool, which we're now hearing will feature Reynolds breaking the fourth wall as The Merc with the Mouth and addressing the audience directly. Weird.

In the comic, Deadpool does the same thing, but it can hit and miss in the movies. The one element that's great in this instance is you've got the right guy talking to the audience. Reynolds has a great screen presence and personality, so while we haven't really seen this in a superhero movie, it's fitting that it's Deadpool and perhaps all the more fitting that Reynolds is the guy to pull it off.

More compelling, though, is his recently announced Buried. Via The Playlist, Reynolds told an Australian TV show that the movie will be all him. A one-man show.

"It's the only movie I've ever heard of with only one person in it. So it's just me, I'm the only person in the whole movie so, I don't know, we'll see. It's either going to be, you know, the greatest, most experimental cool movie ever made or God knows what."

Reynolds will play a defense contractor in Iraq who finds himself buried in a coffin and apparently remains there throughout the movie. That's going to be challenging for everyone, but hey, think of that low, low budget.

While I love the idea and am always up for someone to take a risk like this, Buried may not be an ideal role for Reynolds. I'm not saying he can't pull it off, but it's certainly going to prove something about his talent if he can.

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