Reynolds & Jackman Respond To Deadpool & Logan Being Added To Disney+
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman respond to Deadpool and Logan becoming available to stream on Disney+. After making his game-changing debut as «Weapon X» in 2000, Jackman's character received his first solo with 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film saw Reynolds make his live-action debut as Wade Wilson, the wise-cracking mercenary who, unfortunately, is transformed into the mute and obedient Weapon XI." Despite being critically panned, X-Men Origins: Wolverine sparked a friendship between Jackman and Reynolds (not to mention their tongue-in-cheek rivalry) while setting them up for an R-rated future.
Following Reynolds' alleged leaking of Deadpool test footage, the Merc with a Mouth made his faithfully irreverent debut in 2016—which grossed over $784 million at the international box office and warranted Deadpool 2 in 2018. Deadpool's success paved the way for 2017's Logan, Jackman's R-rated, well-deserved swan song. After operating under a PG-13 rating for nearly two decades, Wolverine was finally able to «ride [Reynolds'] coattails with the R rating], drop F-bombs, and embrace the violence customary of Weapon X. With a 2.1 billion total, those films are some of the highest-grossing R-rated blockbusters of all time. In 2019, Disney acquired Fox, and now, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan are being added to Disney+.
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Jackman and Reynolds recently took to social media in response to the announcement that Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and Logan officially become the first R-rated movies on Disney+ in the U.S. on Friday. While Jackman went the sentimental route with his post, Reynolds argued some Disney films should already be R-rated—which is a fair point when bringing to
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