{"id":7693,"date":"2016-06-22T08:27:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T16:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2016-06-22T10:43:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:43:55","slug":"was-a-joke-in-an-issue-of-cabledeadpool-really-the-inspiration-for-ryan-reynolds-playing-deadpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2016\/06\/22\/was-a-joke-in-an-issue-of-cabledeadpool-really-the-inspiration-for-ryan-reynolds-playing-deadpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Was a Joke In An Issue of Cable\/Deadpool Really the Inspiration for Ryan Reynolds Playing Deadpool?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the Movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Ryan Reynolds first became interested in playing Deadpool when he saw a joke in a Deadpool comic about Deadpool looking like Reynolds. <\/p>\n

The journeys that actors and actresses take on the way to iconic roles can often be quite circuitous. Just look at Harrison Ford’s two most famous characters, Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Ford wasn’t even supposed to try out for Han Solo<\/a>, gaining the role while working as a scene partner for other actors trying out for the roles of Luke and Leia. Heck, he was making more money as a carpenter at the time than as an actor<\/a>. Then he only got the role of Indiana Jones because CBS decided to hold Tom Selleck to his contract to make the TV series Magnum P.I.<\/em> instead<\/a>. Few actors, though, had quite the journey that Ryan Reynolds had on the way to playing the title character in the blockbuster 2016 film, Deadpool<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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