'Deadpool & Wolverine' director Shawn Levy chats to Brian Lloyd on Hugh Jackman returning to his iconic role of Wolverine, as well as how much fun it is as a writer to break the fourth wall and the very strong possibility he will work with Marvel again soon.
Shawn Levy ('Free Guy', 'The Adam Project') tells Brian that breaking the fourth wall in writing 'Deadpool & Wolverine' was, "So fun in fact that when we were writing, Ryan and I would sometimes have to pull back, because it is so delicious to constantly comment on the form that you have to be judicious. If you are breaking that fourth wall too often then you don't allow the audience to invest."
The director confirms Brian's theory that 'Deadpool & Wolverine' is very intentionally a paradigm of an odd couple/buddy cop movie like 'Midnight Run', 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles', 'Lethal Weapon', and '48 Hours'.
Shawn also talks about how Hugh Jackman trusted Ryan and him completely to handle the legacy of Wolverine correctly, saying how Hugh is a friend of theirs outside of work; "He knows that I have reverence for Logan, both as a film and as a character. Ryan has a shared adoration and respect for the legacy of the Wolverine. Hugh knew that we were not going to ask him to repeat himself and we were not going to ask him to mess with that legacy."
He continues; "The hope, and he never had to ask for this because we demanded it of ourselves as screenwriters, is that we would give Hugh meat on the bone," Shawn says. "And an opportunity to show shadings and colours of this Logan character that we haven't seen over the past two decades."
Levy also chats about his possible future collaborations with Marvel which he can't confirm but seems inevitable. "I certainly can confirm that Marvel and I have had a very good experience with each other. I'd be shocked if this was the last time we collaborated. We're actually excited about future collaborations."
'Deadpool & Wolverine' is in cinemas in Ireland on July 25th.
