The Life Story of Hollywood Icon Ryan Reynolds

He’d waited. He’d fought. He’d been mocked when the idea first surfaced. But in 2016, Deadpool changed everything. After a decade of pitching, pleading, and one leaked test clip (he swears it wasn’t him… wink), Ryan Reynolds brought the foul-mouthed antihero to life—and to box office gold.

It was crass. It was meta. It was glorious. It generated over $780 million on a modest budget. Reynolds wasn’t just a movie star anymore; he was a cultural force, rewriting superhero norms with a red suit and a middle finger. Deadpool was him—flawed, hilarious, self-aware, and finally, unstoppable.