CinemaRyan Reynolds on ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ at the Oscars: ‘A lot of people think it’s a comedy’The actor and the director of the Marvel film reflected on the possibility of competing for Best Adapted Screenplay at the awardsBy Editorial Staff

Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy reflected on the possibility of Deadpool & Wolverine be nominated to Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

In an interview with IndieWirethe actor and director were asked about the reasons why the Marvel film should compete for the award, to which Levi responded, “There’s this presumption, because the feature film has this natural flow, ‘Oh, we’re just winging it, trying to do things on set.'”

“There’s definitely a bit of improvisation,” he continued. “But we refuse to produce without a script that is, honestly, 95% reflected in the film that everyone watches, and that is actually the result of a long writing process.”

Second Reynoldsmany of the feature film’s jokes are “written in advance”, however, “one thing that goes against [as premiações] It’s just that a lot of people think it’s a comedy.”

The actor added: “That’s fair, but there is a common thread that is emotional and warm. Comedy and drama subsist in tension.”

“Certainly comedy is designed to create an expectation and then approximate it or subvert it. Somehow you can do that a lot more when there are dramatic stakes. When those two feelings work together, you have a lot more freedom.” , he completed.

Oscar History

Films with a comedy tone have already competed and even won the Oscar. Shakespeare in Love (1998), a romantic comedy, for example, won the Best Film award in the 1999 edition. At the same event, Gwyneth Paltrow won the statuette for Best Actress, a category that competed with Fernanda Montenegro.

The tragicomedy Bonds of Endearment (1983), Forrest Gump (1994) and Everything Everywhere at the Same Time (2022) are other films with comedy nuances that reached the Oscar.